Towards a social theory of acceleration: Time, modernity, critique

Abstract

The English translation of Hartmut Rosa’s book Beschleunigung: Die Veränderung de Zeitstrukturen in der Moderne (2005a) accounts for a long-awaited investigation of the causes, manifestations and consequences of acceleration: a frequently pronounced attribute of modernity; often, however, approached in a popular and impressionistic—rather than scholarly and social scientific—fashion. Even though many readers might, and probably will, intuitively consider the study to be yet another prophetic ...