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The first general theory of time-consciousness and social experience ever developed

Time-consciousness-long a shared objective of philosophy and social thought-is key to understanding different cultures and their cognitive adaptation to one another. Warren D. TenHouten's remarkable book achieves this goal by providing a bold and original three-level theory of time-consciousness, its neurocognitive basis, and social organization. Using classical and contemporary ethnographies of Australian Aborigines and Euro-Australians to support his theory, TenHouten shows how involvement in hedonic sociality-emphasizing equality and community-leads to time that is cyclical, present oriented, and more generally natural; whereas agonic sociality-based on inequality and agency-leads to time that is linear, future oriented, and more generally rational.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780791464335
  • ISBN-10: 0791464334
  • Publisher: State University of New York Press
  • Publish Date: April 2005
  • Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.32 x 0.85 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.09 pounds
  • Page Count: 275

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