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Modernity, Metatheory, and the Temporal-Spatial Divide - From Mythos to Techne (Hardcover)
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Modernity, Metatheory, and the Temporal-Spatial Divide - From Mythos to Techne (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Approaches to History
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This book is about how modernity affects our perceptions of time
and space. Its main argument is that geographical space is used to
control temporal progress by channeling it to benefit particular
political, economic and social interests, or by halting it
altogether. By incorporating the ancient Greek myth of the
Titanomachy as a conceptual metaphor to explore the elemental ideas
of time and space, the author argues that hegemonic interests have
developed spatial hierarchy into a comprehensive system of
technocratic monoculture, which interrupts temporal development in
order to maintain exclusive power and authority. This spatial
stasis is reinforced through the control of historical narratives
and geographical settings. While increasingly comprehensive, the
author argues that this state of affairs can best be challenged by
focusing on the development of "unmappable places" which presently
exist within the socio-spatial matrix of the modern world.
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