Out of joint power, crisis, and the rhetoric of time / Nomi Claire Lazar.

Author/creator Lazar, Nomi Claire, 1975-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]
Descriptionxi, 264 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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Contents Acknowledgments -- Introduction: framing time -- The political construction of time -- Calendars and the politics of order alignment -- Khubilai Khan's calendar and the politics of performance -- The primitivist's lament -- A dead end? -- Conclusion: transcending time.
Abstract To secure power in a crisis, leaders must sell deep change as a means to future good. But how could we know the future? The author draws on stories across a range of cultures and contexts, ancient and modern, to show how leaders use constructions of time to frame events. These frames carry an implicit promise to secure or subvert an expected future, shaping belief in what is possible - and what is inevitable.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2018957334
ISBN0300166338 paperback
ISBN9780300166330 paperback

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