A multitude of natural, social and individual time

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4356469
AutoresTheun Pieter Van Tienoven (0000-0003-1532-254X, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, autor de correspondencia), Tp Van Tienoven (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
Año2019
Volumen28
Número3
Páginas971-994
Fecha de publicación2019-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaTime & Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0961-463X • E-ISSN: 1461-7463
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0961463x17752554
OpenAlexW2782644990
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas18
Referencias citadas39

Elias' essay on time is often interpreted both as a critique on the juxtaposition of natural time and social time as well as a plea for a triadic conception of time in which natural time and social time both provide the 'materials' for individual choices of time. Such an interpretation implies that there exists a multitude of natural, social and individual times. First, this contribution searches literature on the sociology of time for practical approaches to natural and social temporal structures and argues how they have been at interplay in the changing collective and individual experience of time. Second, given that time is neither solely a self-evident natural phenomenon nor solely a coercive individual transcending characteristic of society, this contribution argues that the multitude of individual times is to be found in the way individuals draw on these natural and social temporal structures for the practices that make up daily life. Third, since large part of these practices is motivated by individuals' necessity for a sense of order in the continuity of daily life, this contribution furthermore argues that individual times present themselves as daily routines. These daily routines, then, can be formulated in terms of (a combination of) the rigidity of duration, timing, tempo and sequence of these practices constrained and enabled by natural and social temporal structures

Duration (music · Epistemology · Interpretation (philosophy · Multitude · Natural (archaeology · Natural phenomenon · Phenomenon · Plea · Political science · Politics · Social order · Sociology · Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues · Computer Science · History · Law · Night-time city culture · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Sociology and Norbert Elias