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@article{ Torre2007,
 title = {Time's Social Metaphors},
 author = {Torre, Ramón Ramos},
 journal = {Time & Society},
 number = {2-3},
 pages = {157-187},
 volume = {16},
 year = {2007},
 doi = {https://doi.org/10.1177/0961463X07080262},
 urn = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-223471},
 abstract = {The article addresses the analysis of time images furnished by a qualitative research                made in Spain on the relations of working time and family/personal time. The                analysis focuses on three widespread time metaphors used in day-to-day speeches by                social agents. The first one is the metaphor of time as resource for action. Its                value is equally economical, moral and political. Used in different context of                action, it may mean something that can be either invested, donated generously to                others, appropriated for caring for oneself, or spent without purpose with others.                The second metaphor represents time as an external environment to which action must                adapt. This metaphor shows many variants that represent time as a dynamic/static,                repetitive/innovative, ordered/chaotic environment. In this external environment,                the agents must resolve the problems of temporal embeddedness, hierarchy and                synchronization of their actions. The third metaphor shows time as a horizon of                action intentionality where the agents try to construct the meaning of their action                and identity. Within this horizon the construction of a significant narrative                connecting past and present experiences with future expectations is possible.},
}