title: Time representations in social science.
abstract: Time has long been a major topic of study in social science, as in other sciences or in philosophy. Social scientists have tended to focus on collective representations of time, and on the ways in which these representations shape our everyday experiences. This contribution addresses work from such disciplines as anthropology, sociology and history. It focuses on several of the main theories that have preoccupied specialists in social science, such as the alleged "acceleration" of life and overgrowth of the present in contemporary Western societies, or the distinction between so-called linear and circular conceptions of time. The presentation of these theories is accompanied by some of the critiques they have provoked, in order to enable the reader to form her or his own opinion of them.
authors: Anthropology Institute, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. yvan.schulz@unine.ch
authors: Yvan
authors: Y
authors: Schulz
mesh_terms: D000883:Anthropology; D012942:Social Sciences; D013995:Time
keywords: acceleration society; collective representation; linear vs circular time; presentism; social science; social time; time
references: Br J Sociol. 2008 Mar;59(1):59-77
references: 18321331