Social Acceleration: A New Theory of Modernity (New Directions in Critical Theory, 32)
by Hartmut Rosa
Hartmut Rosa’s Social Acceleration develops a critical theory of modernity focused on the changing pace of social life. By examining acceleration as a defining feature of contemporary society, the book explores how altered experiences of time shape institutions, relationships, and everyday existence.
About This Book
Social Acceleration presents Hartmut Rosa’s theory of modernity through the concept of accelerating social change.
The book considers how developments in society, technology, and everyday life alter the pace at which people and institutions operate.
Rosa connects changing experiences of time with broader questions in critical theory and the structure of modern societies.
This work offers a theoretical framework for understanding modernity through the relationship between time, change, and social life.
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