THE TEXTURES OF TIME: AGENCY AND TEMPORAL EXPERIENCE

Book ID/图书代码： 12689010B42178

English Summary/英文概要： What do we mean when we say, "I made the time pass more quickly," or, "I’m creating some ‘me’ time"? InThe Textures of Time, Michael Flaherty examines how we alter or customize our experience of time. His detailed analysis reveals different strategies we use to try to manipulate time, further describing and defining those strategies within six discrete time categories: Duration, Frequency, Sequence, Timing, Allocation, and Taking Time.

Using in-depth interviews and analyzing responses through a sociological lens, Flaherty unearths folk theories and practices, which he calls "time work," that construct circumstances in order to provoke desired forms of temporal experience. As such, time is not justinflicted on us; rather, its various textures result from our intervention, and/or from our efforts to create different forms of temporal experience. These first-person accounts also highlight ongoing tensions between agency and determinism in social groups. Ultimately, in keeping with his central thesis, Flaherty’s lucid prose make this book a quick read, and the strategies he describes reveal the profound and inventive ways we "manage the clock."

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 当我们说：“我让时间便得很快”或是“我正在创造自己的时间”的时候，我们是指什么呢？在《时间的质地》一书中，迈克尔•弗莱厄蒂探讨如何修改或自定义我们对时间的体验。他的详细分析表明，我们可以按照6个不同的策略，即持续性、频率、顺序、计时、分配和耗时来尝试控制时间并进一步描述和定义这些策略。

通过深度访问和从社会学角度分析访问结果，弗莱厄蒂发掘了民间的理论和实践，并称之为“时间工作”，即建设的存在是为了激发对时空体验的欲望形态。因此，时间并不仅对我们有影响，而且由人类干预时间亦或是我们创造不同形态时空体验的努力使的时间产生了多种质地。本书第一人称叙述也显示出社会群体中媒介和终端的紧张关系。最终，紧紧围绕弗莱厄蒂的中心主题，他的散文形式使这本书清晰明了、易于快速阅读，他所描述的“管理时钟”的策略深刻而具有创造性。(兼职翻译-JDM)

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About the Author/作者介绍： 迈克尔•G•弗莱厄蒂是埃克德大学社会学教授。他是《观察壶：我们如何体验》的作者。

Michael G. Flaherty is Professor of Sociology at Eckerd College. He is the author of A Watched Pot: How We Experience Time.

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