The Anthropology of Time
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The Anthropology of Time

Cultural Constructions of Temporal Maps and Images

Alfred Gell

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The Anthropology of Time

Cultural Constructions of Temporal Maps and Images

Alfred Gell

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Time - relentless, ever-present but intangible and the single element over which human beings have no absolute control - has long proved a puzzle. The author examines the phenomenon of time and asks such fascinating questions as how time impinges on people, to what extent our awareness of time is culturally conditioned, how societies deal with temporal problems and whether time can be considered a `resource' to be economized. More specifically, he provides a consistent and detailed analysis of theories put forward by a number of thinkers such as Durkheim, Evans-Pritchard, LĂ©vi-Strauss, Geertz, Piaget, Husserl and Bourdieu. His discussion encompasses four main approaches in time research, namely developmental psychology, symbolic anthropology (covering the bulk of post-Durkheimian social anthropology) `economic' theories of time in social geography and, finally, phenomenological theories. The author concludes by presenting his own model of social/cognitive time, in the light of these critical discussions of the literature.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2021
ISBN
9781000323283
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Anthropology
Index
Social Sciences

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    Citation styles for The Anthropology of Time

    APA 6 Citation

    Gell, A. (2021). The Anthropology of Time (1st ed.). Taylor and Francis. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/2355784/the-anthropology-of-time-pdf (Original work published 2021)

    Chicago Citation

    Gell, Alfred. (2021) 2021. The Anthropology of Time. 1st ed. Taylor and Francis. https://www.perlego.com/book/2355784/the-anthropology-of-time-pdf.

    Harvard Citation

    Gell, A. (2021) The Anthropology of Time. 1st edn. Taylor and Francis. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/2355784/the-anthropology-of-time-pdf (Accessed: 25 September 2021).

    MLA 7 Citation

    Gell, Alfred. The Anthropology of Time. 1st ed. Taylor and Francis, 2021. Web. 25 Sept. 2021.