This book shows that a concept of activity timespace drawn from the
work of Martin Heidegger provides new insights into the nature of
activity, society, and history. Although the book is a work of theory,
it has significant implications for the determination and course, not
just of activity, but of sociohistorical change as well. Drawing on
empirical examples, the book argues (1) that timespace is a key
component of the overall space and time of social life, (2) that
interwoven timespaces form an essential infrastructure of important
social phenomena such as power, coordinated actions, social
organizations, and social systems, and (3) that history encompasses
constellations of indeterminate temporalspatial events. The latter
conception of history in turn yields a propitious account of how the
past exists in the present. In addition, because the concept of
activity timespace highlights the teleological character of human
action, the book contains an extensive defense of the teleological
character of such allegedly ateleological forms of activity as
emotional and ceremonial actions. Since, finally, the book's ideas
about timespace and activity as an indeterminate event derive from an
interpretation of Heidegger, the work furthers understanding of the
relevance of his thought for social and historical theory.
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ISBN
9780739142707
Publisert
2012
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Vendor
Lexington Books
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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