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In Deadly Time
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Abstract This article examines the temporal dimension of waste in Henry Mayhew's London Labour and the London Poor as an instance of how modernity has produced a largely hidden domain of the non-identical and indeterminate. Through a consideration of the phen... mehr
This article examines the temporal dimension of waste in Henry Mayhew's London Labour and the London Poor as an instance of how modernity has produced a largely hidden domain of the non-identical and indeterminate. Through a consideration of the phenomena of uselessness, decay and poverty I argue that the temporal dimension of waste is constituted as a corrosive or malign `Deadly Time'. In placing such emphasis on time directed towards death, I aim to show that Mayhew's undisciplined researches can be seen as a valuable source for understanding why modern thinking struggles to come to terms with waste.... weniger
Klassifikation
Allgemeines zu den Sozialwissenschaften, Entwicklung und Geschichte der Sozialwissenschaften
Philosophie, Theologie
Freie Schlagwörter
death; indeterminacy; negative value; poverty; waste;
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2007
Seitenangabe
S. 189-206
Zeitschriftentitel
Time & Society, 16 (2007) 2-3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/0961463X07080265
ISSN
1461-7463
Status
Postprint; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)