The Pace of Modernity

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  • The Pace of Modernity Book Detail

  • Author : O. Bradley Bassler
  • Release Date : 2012
  • Publisher : re.press
  • Genre : Literary Criticism
  • Pages : 227
  • ISBN 13 : 0987268236
  • File Size : 99,99 MB

The Pace of Modernity by O. Bradley Bassler PDF Summary

Book Description: Wittgenstein said that philosophers should greet each other, not by saying, “Hello,” but rather, “Take your time.” But what is time? Time is money, but this points to an even better answer to this basic question for our modern epoch: time is acceleration. In a cultural system which stresses economic efficiency, the quicker route is always the more prized, if not always the better one. Wittgenstein’s dictum thus constitutes an act of rebellion against the dominant vector of our culture, but as such it threatens to become (quickly) anti-modern. We need an approach to “reading” our information-rich culture which is ...

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