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Capital times. Tales from the conquest of time / Eric Alliez ; foreword by Gilles Deleuze ; translated by Georges Van Den Abbeele.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alliez, Éric.
- Series:
- Theory out of bounds ; v. 6.
- Theory out of bounds ; v. 6
- Standardized Title:
- Récits de la conquête du temps. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Time.
- Capitalism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (344 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Tales from the conquest of time
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1996.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Capital Times analyzes the social and political processes involved in conceptions of time in ancient and medieval tradition and sets them in the context of contemporary political and philosophical debates centering on the thought of Kant and Marx. Witty and learned, Alliez's ambitious work forces us to reevaluate the philosophical and historical status of time in Western culture.
- Contents:
- Contents; Foreword; Introduction; I: The Accident of Time: An Aristotelian Study; II: The Time of Audacity: Plotinus; III: The Time of Novitas: Saint Augustine; IV: Fides Efficax; Apostil; Notes; Bibliographical Indications; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-[308]) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8166-8510-X
- OCLC:
- 299752284
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