Hassan, Robert, 1959-

Empires of speed : time and the acceleration of politics and society / by Robert Hassan. - 254 pages ; 25 cm. - Supplements to The study of time, v. 4 . - Supplements to The study of time ; v. 4. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-247) 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

HM656 / .H38 2009

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