Time Blind: Problems in Perceiving Other Temporalities - Softcover

Birth, Kevin K.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3319816829 ISBN 13: 9783319816821

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018

Synopsis

This book explores how modern concepts of time constrain our understanding of temporal diversity. Time is a necessary and pervasive dimension of scholarship, yet rarely have the cultural assumptions about time been explored.  This book looks at how anthropology--a discipline known for the study of cultural, linguistic, historical, and biological variation and differences--is blind to temporalities outside of the logics of European-derived ideas about time.  While the argument focuses primarily on anthropology, its points can be applied to other fields in the sciences, humanities, and social sciences.  

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About the Author

Kevin K. Birth is Professor of Anthropology at Queens College of the City University of New York, USA.  He is the author of numerous articles and several books about time. 

From the Back Cover

This book explores how modern concepts of time constrain our understanding of temporal diversity. Time is a necessary and pervasive dimension of scholarship, yet rarely have the cultural assumptions about time been explored.  This book looks at how anthropology--a discipline known for the study of cultural, linguistic, historical, and biological variation and differences--is blind to temporalities outside of the logics of European-derived ideas about time.  While the argument focuses primarily on anthropology, its points can be applied to other fields in the sciences, humanities, and social sciences.  

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319816829
• ISBN 13: 9783319816821
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 184