Taming time: Daoist ways of working with multiple temporalities
"Time, literally, is of the essence. It is a key feature in all cultures, determining human thought, expectations, actions, and developments. The great master of time studies, J. T. Fraser, describes it in terms of six major temporalities that move at different speeds in unique environments. Ma...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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[St. Petersburg]
Three Pines Press
[2021]
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
China
/ Time
/ Temporality
/ Taoism
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AG Religious life; material religion BM Chinese universism; Confucianism; Taoism KBM Asia |
| Further subjects: | B
Time
Religious aspects
Taoism
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| Summary: | "Time, literally, is of the essence. It is a key feature in all cultures, determining human thought, expectations, actions, and developments. The great master of time studies, J. T. Fraser, describes it in terms of six major temporalities that move at different speeds in unique environments. Matching the evolution of the universe, they include (1) the atemporal or timeless state of primordial chaos; (2) the prototemporal realm of quantum simultaneity; (3) the eotemporal long-term rhythms of the stars; (4) the biotemporal dimensions of living creatures; (5) the noötemporal phenomena of brain and mind; and (6) the sociotemporal world of clocks and calendars, history and society, analysis and philosophy" |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1931483485 |