A Geography of Time: The Temporal Misadventures of a Social Psychologist, or How Every Culture Keeps Time Just a Little Bit Differently

Description: This paperback is subtitled The Temporal Misadventures of a Social Psychologist, or How Every Culture Keeps Time Just a Little Bit Differently. In America, the pace of life is dictated by the clock. In some other cultures people move in conjunction with "nature time" or "event time" (predictable happenings in the community). California State University professor Robert Levine looks at the different perceptions of time through the ages and in various countries. Americans believe that time is money and wasting time is immoral, but people in the Malay peninsula believe that haste is a breach of ethics and hangin ... (more)

Manufacturer: Basic Books
Release date: 23 July 1998
ISBN-10 : 0465026427 | ISBN-13: 9780465026425

Tags: Psychology (1), Time (1), Spirituality (1), Vision (1), Meaning (1), SnP (1), Openness (1), Cultural Criticism (1)

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