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Abstract. The paper first discusses fundamental issues raised for social theory by the concept of `social time' and investigates how the concept is delineated from other discipline-embedded ones. The second section reviews the concept of social time in the work of major social theorists, notably Mead, Elias, Giddens and Luhmann.
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About this book. In a critical, comparative study of the sociological literature, this book explores the term “time,” and the various interconnections between time and a broad cluster of topics that create a conceptual labyrinth. Various understandings of time manifest themselves in the context of many individual social problems—there is ...
- Jiří Šubrt
As a preface, contributions by the classical writers on the sociology of time are discussed briefly - Durkheim, Schütz, Sorokin and Merton, G.H. Mead. Six themes in the contemporary sociology of time (up to 1982) are examined: (1) time perspective and time orientation; (2) temporal ordering and social structure: time reckoning and the social construction of time schedules; (3) the time ...
- Werner Bergmann
- 1992
Mar 24, 2022 · One such subfield is historical sociology, whose treatment of history and events has evolved through its close contact with the discipline of history (e.g., the works of William H. Sewell Jr, Andrew Abbott, and Charles Tilly); another is the sociology of gender, especially in its use of social reproduction theory, where scholars have shown the unequal distribution of time between genders and ...
Jan 7, 2023 · One of the earliest studies of the sociology of time was done by one of the greatest Sociologists of all times, namely Karl Marx, who looked at how time is used to control the masses. For instance, Marx in his famous work, Economic and Philosophical Manuscript 1844 exclaims that “ the more time the worker spends in the production process, the more he becomes a slave of time and the less he ...
It then proceeds to discuss major ways of collectively experiencing time, such as the utilitarian view of time, the mathematical conception of time, and both the linear and circular views of temporality. The chapter concludes by examining both the semiotic and the political dimensions of the social organization of time.
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About this book. The volume offers a comprehensive introduction to the sociology of time. Based on selected contributions from leading writers, it illustrates the range of issues and perspectives which define the field. The volume traces distinct traditions of time analysis in social science and uses these to explain, for example, the ...
