Tyranny of the Moment by Thomas Hylland Eriksen
The turn of the millennium is characterised by exponential growth in everything related to communication - from the internet and email to air traffic. Tyranny of the Moment deals with the most perplexing paradoxes of this new information age.Who would have expected that apparently timesaving technology results in time being scarcer than ever? And has this seemingly limitless access to information led to confusion rather than enlightenment?Eriksen argues that slow time - private periods where we are able to think and correspond without interruption - is now one of the most precious resources we have.
'I found myself both charmed and challengedThe subject is an important one, and Thomas Hylland Eriksen handles it with style, a light touch, and many amiable provocations' -- Todd Gitlin, Professor of Culture, Journalism and Sociology, New York University
Thomas Hylland Eriksen (1962 – 2024) was Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo and former President of the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA). He was among the most highly cited anthropologists of his generation, and his classic and accessible textbook Small Places, Large Issues remains a cornerstone in anthropology courses. His later books, including Overheating, tackled the important issue of climate change within the discipline.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780745317748 |
| ISBN 10 | 074531774X |
| Title | Tyranny of the Moment |
| Author | Thomas Hylland Eriksen |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pluto Press |
| Year published | 2001-08-20 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
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