Time Book

	Acknowledgements
	Prologue	1
Pt. I	What is Time?	3
1	Time Stories	6
	Gods of Time	6
	In the Beginning	8
	Paradise and the Fall	11
	Encounters with Death	12
	Journeys to the Otherworld	13
	Cycles of Renewal and Regeneration	14
	Beyond Death: Resurrection and Redemption	16
	Reflections: Myth for Today's Theory and Practice	17
2	Time Theories I	22
	Western Philosophy: Ontology to Epistemology	23
	Natural Science: Clockwork Universe and Change	29
	Enlightenment Theories: A Priori and Dialectic	33
	Social Theory: Practice, Value and Category	36
3	Time Theories II	51
	Western Philosophy: Time Within	51
	The Sciences of System-Specific Times	60
	Social Theory and the Past, Present and Future	64
Pt. II	What is the Role of Time in Social Life?	71
4	Cultural Practices of Time Transcendence	75
	Making Time Stand Still	76
	Knowing Fate, Forging Futures	82
	Creating Immortality and Permanence	89
	Modifying Nature's Times and Rhythms	94
	Superimposing Phases and Social Structure	98
5	In Pursuit of Time Know-how	102
	Reckoning Time	103
	Creating Clock Time	112
	Mobilizing World Time	117
	Networking Instantaneity	119
6	The Quest for Time Control	123
	Commodification	124
	Compressions	128
	Colonization	136
	Control	143
	Epilogue	150
	Notes	153
	Further Reading	166
	Bibliography	168
	Index	177