Time and society / Warren D. TenHouten.

Author/creator TenHouten, Warren D.
Format Book
Publication InfoAlbany : State University of New York Press, ©2005.
Descriptionxiii, 261 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

Contents Introduction -- A case study of the Australian Aborigines -- Patterned-cyclical time consciousness -- Patterned-cyclical time consciousness, continued -- Ordinary-linear time consciousness -- Patterned-cyclical and ordinary-linear time and the two sides of the brain -- Immediate-participatory and episodic-futural time and the brain -- The two and the four, and possibly more : social duality and the elementary forms of sociality -- Natural and rational experiences of time -- Communal sharing and patterned-cyclical time consciousness -- Equality matching and immediate-participatory time consciousness -- Authority ranking and episodic-futural time consciousness -- Market pricing and ordinary-linear time consciousness -- Text and temporality -- An empirical test of the theory -- Discussion.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 223-243) and indexes.
LCCN 2004014220
ISBN0791464334 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks HM656 .T46 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold