The timespace of human activity : on performance, society, and history as indeterminate teleological events / Theodore R. Schatzki.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schatzki, Theodore R.

Series:

Toposophia: Sustainability, Dwelling, Design

Toposophia: sustainability, dwelling, design

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Act (Philosophy).

Space and time.

History--Philosophy.

History.

Free will and determinism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (279 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book develops an original Heideggerian account of the timespace and indeterminacy of human activity while describing insights that this account provides into the nature of activity, society and history. Drawing on empirical examples, the book argues that activity timespace is a key component of social space and time, shows that interwoven timespaces form an essential infrastructure of social phenomena, offers a novel account of the existence of the past in the present, and defends the teleological character of emotional and ceremonial actions.

Contents:

THE TIMESPACE OF HUMAN ACTIVITY; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Chapter 01: The Timespace of Human Activity; Chapter 02: Activity Timespace and Social Life; Chapter 03: The Dominion of Teleology; Chapter 04: Activity and History as Indeterminate Temporalspatial Events; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-49587-9

9786612495878

0-7391-4270-4

OCLC:

609860179