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Wittgenstein said that philosophers should greet each other, not by saying, “Hello,” but rather, “Take your time.” But what is time? Time is money, but this points to an even better answer to this basic question for our modern epoch: time is acceleration. In a cultural system which stresses economic efficiency, the quicker route is always the more prized, if not always the better one. Wittgenstein’s dictum thus constitutes an act of rebellion against the dominant vector of our culture, but as such it threatens to become (quickly) anti-modern. We need an approach to “reading” our information-rich culture which is ...

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The Pace of Modernity
  • Author : O. Bradley Bassler
  • Release : 29 September 2024
  • Publisher : re.press
  • ISBN : 9780987268235
  • Genre : Literary Criticism
  • Total Page : 227 pages
  • Language : English
  • PDF File Size : 19,5 Mb

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