Slowing down modernity: a critique

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Result on the web
<a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0961463X17702163" target="_blank" >https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0961463X17702163</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0961463X17702163" target="_blank" >10.1177/0961463X17702163</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Slowing down modernity: a critique
Original language description
The connection between modernization and social acceleration is now a prominent theme in critical social analysis. Taking a cue from these debates, I explore attempts that aim to “slow down modernity” by resisting the dynamic tempo of various social processes and experiences. The issue of slowdown now accounts for a largely unquestioned measure, expected to deliver unhasty tempo conditioning good and ethical life, mental well-being and accountable democracy. In principle, there is little to object to in such well-intended goals. This paper, nonetheless, identifies several problems associated with slowdown, especially if presented as an incontestable doctrine. Despite its progressive feel, slowdown also stands for (1) a capitalist commodity, (2) a dangerous political objective that weaves together parochialism with fear-driven social sentiment and (3) an undesired subjective experience. Finally, I evaluate recent propositions around “accelerationism” and ask whether they might tackle the pitfalls of both social acceleration and slowness. I conclude by arguing that neither slow nor fast can be preferred as universal solutions.n
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50401 - Sociology

Project
<a href="/en/project/GJ16-18371Y" target="_blank" >GJ16-18371Y: In search of lost time: Temporal pressure and its epistemic implications in contemporary Czech academia</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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