|
" On borrowed time : "
Harald Weinrich ; translated by Steven Rendall.
| Document Type
|
:
|
BL
|
| Record Number
|
:
|
1024763
|
| Doc. No
|
:
|
b779133
|
| Uniform Title
|
:
|
Knappe Zeit.English
|
| Main Entry
|
:
|
Weinrich, Harald.
|
| Title & Author
|
:
|
On borrowed time : : the art and economy of living with deadlines /\ Harald Weinrich ; translated by Steven Rendall.
|
| Publication Statement
|
:
|
Chicago :: University of Chicago Press,, 2008.
|
| Page. NO
|
:
|
1 online resource (243 pages)
|
| ISBN
|
:
|
0226886034
|
|
|
:
|
: 9780226886039
|
|
|
:
|
0226886018
|
|
|
:
|
9780226886015
|
| Bibliographies/Indexes
|
:
|
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-231) and index.
|
| Contents
|
:
|
1 Life is Short, Art is Long; 2 The Midpoint of Life; 3 Limited Time in this World and in the Next; 4 Short and Shortest Times; 5 The Economy of Limited Time; 6 The Drama of Time in Short Supply; 7 Finitude, Infinity; 8 Living with Deadlines; 9 Short Stories about Short Deadlines; 10 Epilogue on the Sense of Time; Notes; Index.
|
| Abstract
|
:
|
Life is short. This indisputable fact of existence has driven human ingenuity since antiquity, whether through efforts to lengthen our lives with medicine or shorten the amount of time we spend on work using technology. Alongside this struggle to manage the pressure of life's ultimate deadline, human perception of the passage and effects of time has also changed. In On Borrowed Time, Harald Weinrich examines an extraordinary range of materials--from Hippocrates to Run Lola Run--to put forth a new conception of time and its limits that, unlike older models, is firmly grounded in human experience.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Time in literature.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Time-- Philosophy.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
PHILOSOPHY-- Metaphysics.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Time in literature.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Time-- Philosophy.
|
| Dewey Classification
|
:
|
115
|
| LC Classification
|
:
|
PN56.T5W4513 2008eb
|
| |