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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... view more
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.... view less
Classification
General Problems, History of the Social Sciences
Philosophy, Ethics, Religion
Free Keywords
death; indeterminacy; negative value; poverty; waste;
Document language
English
Publication Year
2007
Page/Pages
p. 189-206
Journal
Time & Society, 16 (2007) 2-3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/0961463X07080265
ISSN
1461-7463
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)