Overview
The first extended study on the nature of "unknown time," or the idea of time that is imperceptible or not easily measured
Provides perspectives from a wide range of different disciplinary backgrounds, including history, religious studies, palaeontology, musicology, literary studies, film studies, and photography
Illustrates how different media over different historical periods and global regions have similar central concerns on perceptions on the concept of time and its deconstruction
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Past Futures
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Front Matter
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Unknown Presents
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Back Matter
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Sibylle Baumbach is Professor of English Literature at Innsbruck University, Austria.
Lena Henningsen is Professor of Chinese Studies at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, Germany.
Klaus Oschema is Professor of Medieval History at Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany.
All editors are members or alumni of the German Young Academy (Die Junge Akademie).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Fascination with Unknown Time
Editors: Sibylle Baumbach, Lena Henningsen, Klaus Oschema
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66438-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-66437-8Published: 16 November 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88244-4Published: 25 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-66438-5Published: 01 November 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 300
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 22 illustrations in colour
Topics: Cultural Theory, Global/International Culture, Literary Theory, Intellectual Studies, Philosophy of Mind