Social Acceleration: A New Theory of Modernity

by Hartmut Rosa

Book Overview

Hartmut Rosa advances an account of the temporal structure of society from the perspective of critical theory. He identifies three categories of change in the tempo of modern social life: technological acceleration, evident in transportation, communication, and production; the acceleration of social change, reflected in cultural knowledge, social institutions, and personal relationships; and acceleration in the pace of life, which happens despite...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231148356
• ISBN13: 9780231148351
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 8.9"