Time, Space, and Society: Geographical Societal Perspectives [Paperback]

Time and space are two of the most basic dimensions of human life. They envelop all human beings from birth to death. As such, they provide the context for human existence. At the same time, however, time and space also serve as major influencing factors in mankind's actions. Hence, a vast literature has developed on time and space as separate dimensions, and recently on time-space as joint dimensions. Interestingly enough, the social connotations of time and space have mostly been studied with the individual human being in mind. The more societal significance of time and space, whether separately or jointly, have been relatively neglected. It is the purpose of this volume to help fill this lacuna through discussions on some of the many junctions of time, space, and society at large. The discussion will naturally involve concepts and findings from more than just one discipline -- notably, geography, sociology, social history and political science. It is, thus, obvious that the topic may be highlighted from several perspectives. Given my own education and work, the approach will lean more to the geographical perspective. Geography has a special merit as an integrating framework for the study of time, space, and society. It is a discipline that has space at the center of its raison d'etre and, as such, has always striven for integration, holism and comprehensiveness.1: Individual and Societal Time And Space.- Time and space: context and composition.- Structuration and geography.- Individual and societal time.- Individual and societal space.- Summary and conclusion.- 2: Time-Space Homology: Societal  Geographical Perspective.- Approaches to time-space at the societal level.- Time-space and urban studies.- Giddens approach to societal time-space.- Time, space, and society at the urban level.- The three time-space homologues.- Timing/spacing.- Temporality/spatiality.- Temporalization/spatialization.- Conclusion.- 3: Time Versus Space in Modern Urban Societies.- From til£+