Exploring New Temporal Horizons: A Conversation between Memories and Futures

The book explores how temporal acceleration and real-time simultaneity impact personal experience, relations between generations, and institutional processes in the digital age. It emphasizes the importance of past elaboration processes in freeing the future from trauma and renewing hope.

Format: Hardback
Length: 128 pages
Publication date: 20 October 2023
Publisher: Bristol University Press

In this captivating book, esteemed sociologists delve into the profound implications of our digital age, characterized by temporal acceleration and real-time simultaneity, on personal experiences, intergenerational relationships, and institutional processes. Through meticulous analysis, the authors unravel the intricate web of connections between the past and the future, shedding light on how our ability to envision the future is shaped by a combination of historical memory and predictions about environmental crises. By engaging in a dialogue between memory and future studies, the authors emphasize the critical role of past elaboration processes in liberating the future from the burdens of trauma and revitalizing our capacity for hope. This groundbreaking work presents a sophisticated and innovative social theory that emerges as a much-needed intervention in the midst of the current temporal crisis that permeates social life and sociological debates. It offers valuable insights and perspectives that will undoubtedly contribute to our understanding of the complex dynamics shaping our contemporary world.

Dimension: 203 x 127 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529213973