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Given the fact that the institutionalization of private time is a fairly modern phenomenon, it is not surprising that, in professions which adhere to the traditional definition of the relations between person and occupational role, private time is essentially defined as a residual category. In other words, from a logical standpoint, pri­ vate time ( Read more... )

as cultural beings, we have cultivated a special cog­nitive ability to carve out of the continuum of time segments that are handled discretely, as if they were quantum units ( Read more... )

...time seems to constitute one of the major parameters of the context on which the meaning of social acts and situ­ations depends ( Read more... )

One of the most significant consequences of the introduction of the clock-and, with it, the quantitative view of duration-to the West has been the evolution of an abstract conception of time there ( Read more... )

A most useful way of demonstrating the existence of a certain phenomenon is to examine the implications and consequences of its absence. As Benjamin Lee Whorf suggested, if a rule has absolutely no exceptions, it is not recognized as a rule or as anything else; it is then part of the background of experience of which we tend to remain unconscious ( Read more... )

Here's the four types of time I know:
a) cyclical - the traditional view generally derived from natural cycles;
b) linear - modern Newtonian;
c) non-linear - contemporary Einsteinian;
d) no time at all - (black holes, big bang, Genesis 1:1, etc.)

Anything I missed?

I searched google scholar for articles on post-election trends, to figure out whether Trump was going to have a "honeymoon" period during the first 100 days of his administration. The answer appears to be "no" (duh ( Read more... )

Очень трудно убедить людей в том, что они неправы, после того, как они выиграли. Например, после успешного захвата Крыма было невозможно объяснить гражданину России, что это стратегическая ошибка, которая обернется долгосрочными проблемами для страны ( Read more... )