Time Blind
Problems in Perceiving Other Temporalities
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Other Sciences, History, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
| Author: | Kevin K. Birth | ISBN: | 9783319341323 |
| Publisher: | Springer International Publishing | Publication: | November 14, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | Kevin K. Birth |
| ISBN: | 9783319341323 |
| Publisher: | Springer International Publishing |
| Publication: | November 14, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
This book explores how modern concepts of time constrain our understanding of temporal diversity. Time is a necessary and pervasive dimension of scholarship, yet rarely have the cultural assumptions about time been explored. This book looks at how anthropology--a discipline known for the study of cultural, linguistic, historical, and biological variation and differences--is blind to temporalities outside of the logics of European-derived ideas about time. While the argument focuses primarily on anthropology, its points can be applied to other fields in the sciences, humanities, and social sciences.
This book explores how modern concepts of time constrain our understanding of temporal diversity. Time is a necessary and pervasive dimension of scholarship, yet rarely have the cultural assumptions about time been explored. This book looks at how anthropology--a discipline known for the study of cultural, linguistic, historical, and biological variation and differences--is blind to temporalities outside of the logics of European-derived ideas about time. While the argument focuses primarily on anthropology, its points can be applied to other fields in the sciences, humanities, and social sciences.
