The Nick of Time: Politics, evolution and the untimely

by Elizabeth Grosz

Book Overview

In this pathbreaking new work, Elizabeth Grosz proposes a theory of becoming in place of the prevailing emphasis on being in social, political and biological discourse. Drawing on evolutionary biology, she explores the effect of time on the organization of matter and the development of biological life. She argues that factoring in the relentless forward movement of time throws new light on the ever-growing complication of social...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1741143276
• ISBN13: 9781741143270
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"