Time, Space, and Society

1. Front Matter

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2. Individual and Societal Time and Space

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   Pages 1-19

3. Time-Space Homology: A Societal-Geographical Perspective

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   Pages 20-37

4. Time Versus Space in Modern Urban Societies

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   Pages 38-58

5. Time and Space: Man and Woman

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6. Temporality and Spatiality in Israeli Society: Characteristics in Transition

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   Pages 74-100

7. Conclusion

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8. Back Matter

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Time and space are two of the most basic dimensions of human life. They envelop all human beings from birth to death. As such, they provide the context for human existence. At the same time, however, time and space also serve as major influencing factors in mankind's actions. Hence, a vast literature has developed on time and space as separate dimensions, and recently on time-space as joint dimensions. Interestingly enough, the social connotations of time and space have mostly been studied with the individual human being in mind. The more societal significance of time and space, whether separately or jointly, have been relatively neglected. It is the purpose of this volume to help fill this lacuna through discussions on some of the many junctions of time, space, and society at large. The discussion will naturally involve concepts and findings from more than just one discipline -- notably, geography, sociology, social history and political science. It is, thus, obvious that the topic may be highlighted from several perspectives. Given my own education and work, the approach will lean more to the geographical perspective. Geography has a special merit as an integrating framework for the study of time, space, and society. It is a discipline that has space at the center of its raison d'etre and, as such, has always striven for integration, holism and comprehensiveness.

• education
• geography
• history
• integration

• Department of Geography, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

  Aharon Kellerman

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