Anne Kaun Making Time for Digital Lives (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Further DetailsTitle: Making Time for Digital LivesCondition: NewSubtitle: Beyond ChronotopiaISBN-10: 1538149850EAN: 9781538149850ISBN: 9781538149850Publisher: Rowman & LittlefieldFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 06/15/2022Description:

It is said that the ontology of data resists slowness and also that the digital revolution promised a levelling of the playing field. Both theories are examined in this timely collection of chapters looking at time in the digital world. Since data has assumed such a paramount place in the modern neoliberal world, contemporary concepts of time have undergone radical transformation. By critically assessing the emerging initiatives of slowing down in the digital age, this book investigates the role of the digital in ultimately reinforcing neo-liberal temporalities. It shows that both "speed-up" and "slow down" imperatives often function as a form of biopolitical social control necessary to contemporary global capitalism. Problematic paradoxes emerge where a successful slow down and digital detox ultimately are only successful if the individual returns to the world as a more productive, labouring neoliberal subject. Is there another way? The chapters in this collection, broken up into three parts, ask that question.

Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 219mmItem Length: 153mmItem Width: 17mmItem Weight: 327gContributor: Anne Kaun (Edited by), Christian Pentzold (Edited by), Christine Lohmeier (Edited by)Author: Anne KaunGenre: Society & CultureRelease Year: 2022

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