High-Speed Society: Social Acceleration, Power, and Modernity


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Descripción

Examines the processes of acceleration in politics, economic, culture, and society at large. Focuses on why and how the high-speed contours of crucial forms of social activity now shape so many facets of human existence, and suggests possible responses.



Author: Hartmut Rosa
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Published: 11/15/2010
Pages: 328
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.11lbs
Size: 8.96h x 6.12w x 0.94d
ISBN13: 9780271034171
ISBN10: 0271034173
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Political Ideologies | General
- Social Science | Human Geography
- Social Science | Sociology | General

About the Author

Hartmut Rosa is Professor of Sociology at the University of Jena and Affiliated Professor of Sociology at the New School University.

William E. Scheuerman is Professor of Political Science and Western European Studies at Indiana University.