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Book Title
A Geography Of Time
Publication Name
Geography of Time : on Tempo, Culture, and the Pace of Life
Title
A Geography Of Time
Subtitle
On Tempo, Culture, And The Pace Of Life
Author
Robert N. Levine
Format
Trade Paperback
ISBN-10
0465026427
EAN
9780465026425
ISBN
9780465026425
Publisher
Basic Books
Genre
Society & Culture
Release Year
1998
Release Date
23/07/1998
Language
English
Country/Region of Manufacture
US
Item Height
0.9in
Item Length
8in
Item Width
5.3in
Item Weight
8.3 Oz
Publication Year
1998
Number of Pages
280 Pages

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In this engaging and spirited book, eminent social psychologist Robert Levine asks us to explore a dimension of our experience that we take for granted--our perception of time. When we travel to a different country, or even a different city in the United States, we assume that a certain amount of cultural adjustment will be required, whether it's getting used to new food or negotiating a foreign language, adapting to a different standard of living or another currency. In fact, what contributes most to our sense of disorientation is having to adapt to another culture's sense of time.Levine, who has devoted his career to studying time and the pace of life, takes us on an enchanting tour of time through the ages and around the world. As he recounts his unique experiences with humor and deep insight, we travel with him to Brazil, where to be three hours late is perfectly acceptable, and to Japan, where he finds a sense of the long-term that is unheard of in the West. We visit communities in the United States and find that population size affects the pace of life--and even the pace of walking. We travel back in time to ancient Greece to examine early clocks and sundials, then move forward through the centuries to the beginnings of "clock time" during the Industrial Revolution. We learn that there are places in the world today where people still live according to "nature time," the rhythm of the sun and the seasons, and "event time," the structuring of time around happenings(when you want to make a late appointment in Burundi, you say, "I'll see you when the cows come in").Levine raises some fascinating questions. How do we use our time? Are we being ruled by the clock? What is this doing to our cities? To our relationships? To our own bodies and psyches? Are there decisions we have made without conscious choice? Alternative tempos we might prefer? Perhaps, Levine argues, our goal should be to try to live in a "multitemporal" society, one in which we learn to move back and forth among nature time, event time, and clock time. In other words, each of us must chart our own geography of time. If we can do that, we will have achieved temporal prosperity.

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ISBN-10
0465026427
ISBN-13
9780465026425
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Author
Robert N. Levine
Publication Name
Geography of Time : on Tempo, Culture, and the Pace of Life
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
1998
Number of Pages
280 Pages

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8in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
5.3in
Item Weight
8.3 Oz

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Topic
Sociology / General
Genre
Social Science

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  • by 5FALS2S3QWa@Deleted
    Sep 07, 2007

    A Geography of Time by Robert N. Levine (1998)

    I pretty much only bought the book because of school and I just strated reading it, but so far so good. It's an interesting view on time. It talks about history of clocks and how in different societies there are very different views of time... By the way Americans lives are ruled by tie, its probably the main reason way we are always sooooooo stressed.

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