Although it is hard to remember in our clock-driven age, the concept of time is relative and flexible, says celebrated scholar Robert Levine. He points out that a culture's sense of time has profound consequences for an individual's psychological, physical and emotional well-being. Traveling around the globe, in both past and present times, he describes "clock time" in opposition to both "nature time" the rhythm of the sun and the seasons and "event time" the structuring of time around happenings. He argues that by learning ...
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Although it is hard to remember in our clock-driven age, the concept of time is relative and flexible, says celebrated scholar Robert Levine. He points out that a culture's sense of time has profound consequences for an individual's psychological, physical and emotional well-being. Traveling around the globe, in both past and present times, he describes "clock time" in opposition to both "nature time" the rhythm of the sun and the seasons and "event time" the structuring of time around happenings. He argues that by learning to embrace these three different perceptions of time, by developing a "multi-temporal" approach, one can enjoy a more flexible and rewarding life. Written in a charming and graceful prose style and filled with lively anecdotes, "The Heartbeat of Culture" is one of those rare books that compels readers to re-evaluate their perspective on everyday life and see the world through a completely different lens."This book contains valuable perspectives and lessons for those caught up in and frustrated by the hectic modern lifestyle." "--Booklist" "An elegant gem. . . Levine takes us behind the lens of the sensitive observer's eye to make us aware of the psychology of time as perhaps the greatest of human inventions. He combines brilliant observations, original field experiments, and wide ranging scholarship to generate an original view of how subjective time and human functioning mesh or collide. "Geography of Time" is a worthwhile detour: take it and value its lessons well."Philip Zimbardo, Stanford University, author of "Psychology and Life" "What a timely book! An empirically trained social psychologist casts an informed eye across the cross-cultural literatureon how people in various parts of the globe structure their 24 hours each day. The 'silent language' of time is articulated in this pacey, humorous assessment of how this basic dimension of our lives affects us all. Scholarly but fun, informative but colorful. Take time to read this book."Michael Harris Bond, Chinese University of Hong Kong "Our treatment of time turns out to be a masterful key that opens a fantastic array of doors into numerous intellectual, social, cultural, and many other-worldly areas."Amitai Etzioni, author of "The New Golden Rule" "Anyone who picks up this book believing that time is simply something that is measured by that little gadget on your wrist is in for a major revelation and a mind-expanding experience(as well as a good 'time.' Levine is to be congratulated; truly, an excellent piece of work."(ELLIOT ARONSON, PH.D., University of California, Santa Cruz "Levine shows with grace, wit, and scholarship how culture-bound our sense of time really is. A Geography of Time has altered(for the better(my own attitude toward time. This book should make a major contribution to breaking the shackles of time pressure that bind us all."Ralph Keyes, author of "Timelock"
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