"An engaging and profound analysis of a central aspect of the human
condition, for, as Flaherty shows, our experiences of the world
around us affect how we experience time."
--"Qualitative Sociology, Vol. 24, No. 3, 2001"
"Masterful. This is arguably the most comprehensive inquiry to
date by a sociologist on the perception of time, its passage and
duration."
--"Barry Glassner, University of Southern California"
"A highly original and colorful book, filled with compelling,
real life and fictional examples."
--"Jack Katz, UCLA"
"Flaherty invites us to the fascinating world of the
phenomenology of time. Particularly sensitive to the inherent
tension between the standard and the idiosyncratic, he offers a
cross-situational, generic analysis of the circumstances when there
is a considerable discrepancy between clock time and our subjective
experience of duration such that we feel that time is either
compressed ("flies") or protracted ("stands still"). His
examination of such temporal anomalies draws on equally-compelling
fictional and real first-person accounts. Clearlyconceptualized and
elegantly written, A Watched Pot is phenomenology at its
best."
--"Eviatar Zerubavel, author of Hidden Rhythms and The Seven-Day
Circle"
Time, it has been said, is the enemy. In an era of harried
lives, time seems increasingly precious as hours and days telescope
and our lives often seem to be flitting past. And yet, at other
times, the minutes drag on, each tick of the clock excruciatingly
drawn out. What explains this seeming paradox?
Based upon a full decade's empirical research, Michael G.
Flaherty's new book offers remarkable insights on this most
universal humanexperience. Flaherty surveys hundreds of individuals
of all ages in an attempt to ascertain how such phenomena as
suffering, violence, danger, boredom, exhilaration, concentration,
shock, and novelty influence our perception of time. Their stories
make for intriguing reading, by turns familiar and exotic, mundane
and dramatic, horrific and funny.
A qualitative and quantitative tour de force, A Watched Pot
presents what may well be the first fully integrated theory of time
and will be of interest to scientists, humanists, social scientists
and the educated public alike.
A Choice Outstanding Academic Book.
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