Timespace: Geographies of Temporality

by May, Jon; Thrift, N. J.

• ISBN13: 9780203360675
• ISBN10: 0203360672
• Copyright: 2004-03-09
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

Timespace undermines the old certainties of time and space by arguing that these dimensions do not exist singly, but only as a hybrid process term. The issue of space has perhaps been over-emphasised and it is essential that processes of everyday existence, such as globalisation and environmental issues and also notions such as gender, race and ethnicity, are looked at with a balanced time-space analysis.The social and cultural consequences of this move are traced through a series of studies which deploy different perspectives - structural, phenomenological and even Buddhist - in order to make things meet up. The contributors provide an overview of the history of time and introduce the concepts of time and space together, across a range of disciplines. The themes discussed are of importance for cultural geography, sociology, anthropology, cultural and media studies, and psychology.

Author Biography

Jon May is Lecturer in Geography at Queen Mary, University of London. Nigel Thrift is Professor of Geography at the University of Bristol.

Table of Contents

Notes on contributors	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xii
Introduction	p. 1
Making-living TimeSpace	p. 47
Moderns as ancients: time, space and the discourse of improvement	p. 49
A politics of stolen time	p. 73
From time immemorial: narratives of nationhood and the making of national space	p. 89
Reflections on time, time-space compression and technology in the nineteenth century	p. 106
'Winning territory': changing place to change pace	p. 120
Responsibility and daily life: reflections over timespace	p. 133
New landscapes of urban poverty management	p. 149
Living-thinking TimeSpace	p. 169
Anxious proximities: the space-time of concepts	p. 171
Rhythms of the city: temporalised space and motion	p. 187
Time-geography matters	p. 208
Belonging: experience in sacred time and space	p. 226
Half-opened being	p. 240
Saving time: a Buddhist perspective on the end	p. 262
Bibliography	p. 281
Index	p. 313
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