A Sideways Look at Time

Griffiths, Jay

ISBN 10: 1585421847 / ISBN 13: 9781585421848

Published by Tarcher, New York, 2004

About this Item

Paperback.
Fine condition.
A Sideways Look at Time by Jay Griffiths is an exploration of how different cultures perceive and experience time. Blending anthropology, philosophy, and travel, Griffiths challenges linear, Western notions of time, offering valuable insights into temporality, ritual, and the rhythms of human life.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Sideways Look at Time
• Publisher: Tarcher, New York
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1585421847
• ISBN 13: 9781585421848
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Fine
• Dimensions: 14.1W x 21H x 3D centimeters 14.1 centimeters width by 21 centimeters height by 3 centimeters depth
• Weight: 607.814 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Temporality
  • Philosophy

About this title

Synopsis

The author takes a fresh look at time, unraveling its many mysteries and looking back at cycles of time that are lost to modern humans. 12,500 first printing.

About the Author

Jay Griffiths' writing has appeared in the London Review of Books, The Guardian, the Observer, The Ecologist magazine, and Resurgence magazine, of which she is an associate editor.