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Autore: | Flaherty Michael G |
Titolo: | A watched pot [[electronic resource] ] : how we experience time / / Michael G. Flaherty |
Pubblicazione: | New York, : New York University Press, c1999 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (244 p.) |
Disciplina: | 153.7/53 |
Soggetto topico: | Time perception |
Time perspective | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-213) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Paradoxical variation -- Protracted duration -- Theory construction -- Temporal compression -- Conclusion -- Methodological appendix -- Notes -- Index. |
Sommario/riassunto: | Time, it has been said, is the enemy. In an era of harried lives, time seems increasingly precious as hours and days telescope and our lives often seem to be flitting past. And yet, at other times, the minutes drag on, each tick of the clock excruciatingly drawn out. What explains this seeming paradox?. Based upon a full decade's empirical research, Michael G. Flaherty's new book offers remarkable insights on this most universal human experience. Flaherty surveys hundreds of individuals of all ages in an attempt to ascertain how such phenomena as suffering, violence, danger, boredom, exhilarat |
Titolo autorizzato: | A watched pot |
ISBN: | 0-8147-2816-2 |
0-8147-2869-3 | |
0-585-42502-7 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910780179603321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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