Time matters : global and local time in Asian societies / editors, Willem van Schendel and Henk Schulte Nordholt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schendel, Willem van.

Schulte Nordholt, Henk, 1953-

Series:

Comparative Asian studies ; 21.

Comparative Asian studies ; 21

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Time perception--Asia--Cross-cultural studies.

Time perception.

Time--Social aspects--Asia--Cross-cultural studies.

Time.

History.

Chronology.

Time--Social aspects.

Asia--History--Chronology.

Asia.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

140 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : VU University Press, 2001.

Summary:

Comparing how different cultures record and consider duration of space and years, this book specifically examines the emerging social conventions and meanings of time in Asian societies. This study explores representations of time throughout Southeast Asia, contrasting academic, popular, and global clocks and calendars. It suggests that historical periodization and certain regimes often manipulate and define how many Asian countries regard time's passing.

Contents:

Time Matters: An Introduction / Willem van Schendel, Henk Schulte Nordholt 7

1 The Worm and the Clock: On the Genesis of a Global Time Regime / Johan Goudsblom 19

2 Modern Times in Bangladesh / Willem van Schendel 37

3 Plotting Time in Bali: Articulating Plurality / Henk Schulte Nordholt 57

4 The Quest for Universal Time: Periodising the Past in Japanese (and German) Historiography / Sebastian Conrad 77

5 Civilising the Past: Nation and Knowledge in Thai History / Barend J. Terwiel 97

6 Splitting Histories in Aru (Indonesia) / Patricia Spyer 113.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [131]-140).

ISBN:

9053837450

OCLC:

47652029