I've been working with Bergon's time/duration and chrons/kairos (as articulated by Kingwell, 2014) dichotomies with respect to policy. I'm interested in how policy (not just democracy, as Kingwell discusses) is connected to divergent versions of time. I'm also interested in how capitalism (and taylorism within it) have changed the way that people assign value to and use time (e.g., Debord's critiques and observations).
I'm seeking any sorts of suggestions that might challenge or enrich my inquiry - ranging from other complementary or contrary conceptions of time, to applied work on time as it is reflected in policy or political activity.
Laura,
This sounds really interesting. I don't know too much about the study of time in particular but I do know that on capitalism and time EP Thompson's essay is a key early text: https://libcom.org/files/timeworkandindustrialcapitalism.pdf
There is also this: http://www.jstor.org/stable/191731?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
I am sure you also know about Bauman's liquid modernity work -- he makes comments on time and the future in his work.
There is also this: http://www.zero-books.net/books/malign-velocities and I found this interesting: http://www.versobooks.com/books/1570-24-7
Finally, there might be some interesting insights that look at financialization and the valuation and use of time (to complement the Taylorism focus). Perhaps others know of some possibilities -- the derivative work of Rafferty and Bryant can relate to how time is valued, but there are undoubtedly scholars who look at finance and culture more directly who have written on this.
Ooooh thank you Chris! I had not thought to look at Bauman, but was familiar with Thomson. The books look really interesting! I'm going to have to check them out.
My little project (a paper) is on the "heist" of time via policy (not specific to FL or finance). I'm interested in how chronos/clock time is measured, counted and "stolen" via standardized curriculum (there are actually a couple of articles SORT OF along those lines - citations below), but also how the substantive content of curriculum policy warps Bergson's duree/duration. But it seems to me the latter not only warps duree, but also reinforces capitalist commodification through hidden curriculum (as per Debord and Thompson - as though training students for taylorism). Obviously I've bitten off a lot on this!
It probably all relates nicely to FLE as well - but that is for another project for me!!
As promised:
McEwan, A. E. (2012). Time and teaching. The Educational Forum, 76 (1), 81-89.
Roy, K. (2005). An untimely intuition: Adding a Bergsonian dimension to experience and education. Educational Theory, 55(4), 443-459.
Slattery, P. (1995). A postmodern vision of time and learning: A response to the National Education Commission Report Prisoners of Time. Harvard Educational Review, 65(4), 612-634.
hi Laura,
I had worked on the question of time and kaïros in risk governance and also in urban policies. At least, there is some work on these topics among the ones we have don at Dunkirk University with the group Irénée Zwarterook (you can keep our works on Researchgate).
On an other hand, you can read some short papers about Time from the french philosopher Emmanuel Levinas (most are translated in english).
Also, but, not sure that they are translated in english :
Affergan, F. (1987). Exotisme et altérité, Paris, Presses Universitaires de France.
Le Breton, D. (2012); Eloge des chemins et de la lenteur. Paris, Metaillié. (This author have a english and spanish translation of a older book : Elogio del caminar / Praise of walking, Siruela, 2015)
Also, you could have a look on the following books :
- Evanghélos Moutsopoulos, Thought, Culture, Action. Studies in the Theories
of Values and its Greek Sources, Athens, Academy of Athens, Center
of Research on Greek Philosophy, 2006, 320 p.
- Felix O Murchadha (2012) The Time of Revolution: Kairos and Chronos in Heidegger. Bloomsbury Academic.
Finally, I suggest you 2 articles writen in French Language. At least, you could have a look on their bibliographies to have some english writen references.
Hope it can help you,
Christophe Gibout
Very helpful - merci beaucoup! I had come across a bit of Levinas but had not dug deeper. You have motivated me. Really appreciate this!
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