Overview
- Synthesises a multitude of work in the field of time and society
- Presents a number of philosophies, theories and empirical findings in a clear and accessible manner, outlining their differences and the insights that emerge from them
- Provides the basis for how practice theory might deal with the big contemporary problems of coordination and synchronisation of activity
Part of the book series: Consumption and Public Life (CUCO)
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About this book
Time pressure, speed and the desire for instant consumption pervade accounts of contemporary lives. Why is it that people feel pressed for time, in what ways have societies changed to create this condition, and with what implications?
This book examines critical contentions in the field of time and society, ranging from the emergence and dominance of ‘clock time’ and time discipline, the time pressures associated with consumer culture, through to technological innovation and the acceleration of everyday lives.
Through extensive analysis of empirical studies of the changing ways in which people organise and experience home, work, leisure, consumption and personal relationships, time pressure is shown to be a problem of the coordination and synchronization of activities. Appreciation of temporal rhythms – formed and reproduced through the organisation and performance of social practices – is necessary to tackle the challenges of coordination, and offers new avenues for analysing social issues such as sustainable consumption, health and well-being.
This book is essential reading for all of those interested in social change, consumption and time, including researchers and students from across the social sciences.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Time, Consumption and the Coordination of Everyday Life
Authors: Dale Southerton
Series Title: Consumption and Public Life
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-60117-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-57251-5Published: 18 August 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-60119-6Due: 18 September 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-60117-2Published: 17 August 2020
Series ISSN: 2947-8227
Series E-ISSN: 2947-8235
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 226
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Sociology of Culture, Social Anthropology, Sociology, general