Hassan, Robert, 1959-

Empires of speed time and the acceleration of politics and society / [electronic resource] : by Robert Hassan. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009. - 254 p. - Supplements to The study of time, v. 4 1843-7463 ; . - Supplements to The study of time ; v. 4. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A new empire -- The first empire of speed : clock time modernity -- The second empire of speed : networked society -- Pathologies of speed -- Cyberculture : a culture of speed -- The speed of liberal democracy -- Time for politics : a temporalized democracy.


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Time--Sociological aspects.
Information society.
Information technology--Social aspects.
Computers and civilization.


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