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6%OFFMichael G. Flaherty - Watched Pot - 9780814726860 - V9780814726860
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Watched Pot

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Description for Watched Pot paperback. Presents what may well be the first fully integrated theory of time Num Pages: 190 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JH; JMR; PDZ; PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 14. Weight in Grams: 285.

Time, it has been said, is the enemy. In an era of harried lives, time seems increasingly precious as hours and days telescope and our lives often seem to be flitting past. And yet, at other times, the minutes drag on, each tick of the clock excruciatingly drawn out. What explains this seeming paradox?
Based upon a full decade's empirical research, Michael G. Flaherty's new book offers remarkable insights on this most universal human experience. Flaherty surveys hundreds of individuals of all ages in an attempt to ascertain how such phenomena as suffering, violence, danger, boredom, exhilaration, concentration, ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
Number of Pages
190
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814726860
SKU
V9780814726860
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About Michael G. Flaherty
Michael Flaherty is Professor and Chair of Sociology at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Reviews for Watched Pot
A highly original and colorful book, filled with compelling, real life and fictional examples.
Jack Katz,UCLA Flaherty invites us to the fascinating world of the phenomenology of time. Particularly sensitive to the inherent tension between the standard and the idiosyncratic, he offers a cross-situational, generic analysis of the circumstances when there is a considerable discrepancy between clock time and ... Read more

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