| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Routledge approaches to history ; 10 |
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Routledge approaches to history ; 10.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Introduction; 1 Modernity and Its Discontents; 2 Modern Timespace; 3 Technocratic Monoculture; 4 Of Spectacles and Monuments; Conclusion: Unmappable Places; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This book is about how modernity affects our perceptions of time and space. Its main argument is that geographical space is used to control temporal progress by channeling it to benefit particular political, economic and social interests, or by halting it altogether. By incorporating the ancient Greek myth of the Titanomachy as a conceptual metaphor to explore the elemental ideas of time and space, the author argues that hegemonic interests have developed spatial hierarchy into a comprehensive system of technocratic monoculture, which interrupts temporal development in order to maintain exclus |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Vendor-supplied metadata |
| Subject |
Space and time.
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Civilization, Modern.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Metaphysics.
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Civilization, Modern.
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Space and time.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317565437 |
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1317565436 |
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9781315735924 |
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131573592X |
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1138832618 |
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9781138832619 |
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9781317565413 |
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131756541X |
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9781317565420 |
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1317565428 |
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