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Time
Eva Hoffman
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Description for Time
Paperback. Time has always been the great Given, a fact of existence which cannot be denied or wished away; but the character of lived time is changing dramatically. This book offers a look at life's ineffable element, spanning fields from biology and culture to psychoanalysis and neuroscience. Series: Big Ideas. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 186.
Time has always been the great Given, a fact of existence which cannot be denied or wished away; but the character of lived time is changing dramatically. Medical advances extend our longevity, while digital devices compress time into ever briefer units. We can now exist in several time-zones simultaneously, but we suffer from endemic shortages of time. We are working longer hours and blurring the distinctions between labour and leisure. For many, in an inversion of the old adage, time has become more valuable than money. In this look at life's most ineffable element, spanning fields from biology and culture to psychoanalysis and neuroscience, Eva Hoffman asks: are we coming to the end of time as we know it?
Product Details
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Big Ideas
Condition
New
Weight
185 g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846680434
SKU
V9781846680434
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99-10
About Eva Hoffman
Eva Hoffman has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, a prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Whiting Award for writing and the Prix Italia for radio. Her books include Lost in Translation and the novel Illuminations.
Reviews for Time
One of our most lucid thinkers... What makes this book so original is the way Hoffman uses the tools of contemporary science... Her description of our subjective inner world is most arresting... As we go on, it becomes clear that the true subject of this intriguing and highly readable book is the nature of being alive
Elaine Feinstein
Independent
Beautifully written and eloquent
Financial Times
A topical study that should elicit a moment of pause among those of us in a real hurry
Sunday Business Post
A much-needed reminder that how we experience time is a cultural phenomenon
Amy Jenkins
Independent
Written with a nicely leisured elegance, and contains many intriguing parts... eye-opening
Steven Poole
Guardian
Elaine Feinstein
Independent
Beautifully written and eloquent
Financial Times
A topical study that should elicit a moment of pause among those of us in a real hurry
Sunday Business Post
A much-needed reminder that how we experience time is a cultural phenomenon
Amy Jenkins
Independent
Written with a nicely leisured elegance, and contains many intriguing parts... eye-opening
Steven Poole
Guardian