The Speed Complex: Socio-Technical and Human Dimensions

By Filip Vostal

Our obsession with speed is deeply entrenched in our cultures, politics and interaction with technology. Critically appraising the existing literature, this book examines the sociological treatments of speed. In a book that will be invaluable to both graduate students and scholars, Vostal deftly unpacks the notion as a life experience, the role it plays in reproducing capitalism and as a defining characteristic of modernity, bringing together areas that do not normally connect and enabling new cross-cutting perspectives. Shedding light on 21st century challenges, this is an excellent primer on speed and a unique 'map' of its multiple socio-technical and human dimensions.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1529221315
• ISBN13: 9781529221312
• Release Date: December 2025
• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Length: 128 Pages