TY  - BOOK
AU  - Perkins,Maureen
TI  - The reform of time: magic and modernity 
SN  - 9781849641074
AV  - HM656 .P47 2001eb
U1  - 304.2/3 21
PY  - 2001///
CY  - London, Sterling, Va.
PB  - Pluto Press
KW  - Time
KW  - Sociological aspects
KW  - Time management
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Time measurements
KW  - Superstition
KW  - Magic
KW  - Prophecy
KW  - Temps
KW  - Aspect sociologique
KW  - Gestion du temps
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 19e siècle
KW  - Mesure
KW  - Superstitions
KW  - Prophétie
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Human Geography
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Political Ideologies
KW  - Democracy
KW  - fast
KW  - Zeitwahrnehmung
KW  - gnd
KW  - Geistesgeschichte
KW  - Wahrsagen
KW  - Tijd
KW  - gtt
KW  - Tijdmanagement
KW  - Tijdmeting
KW  - Bijgeloof
KW  - Magie
KW  - Profetieën
KW  - Großbritannien
KW  - Electronic book
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-156) and index; Introduction: Superstition and progress -- 1. Clocks, calendars and centralisation -- 2. Fortune-telling -- 3. The interpretation of dreams -- 4. Timeless cultures -- 5. Calendar girls; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010
N2  - Annotation; The decline of magic is generally discussed in the context of the rise of scientific knowledge and the spread of education. In this original critique, Maureen Perkins challenges such interpretations and argues that the nineteenth-century marginalisation of 'superstition' is part of a social history of time management. Perkins summarises the development of a sense of British temporal superiority and tackles enduring questions of colonialisation and class from the unusual angle of beliefs about time. She relates differing concepts of time to colonial discourse, particularly in relation to gypsies and Australian Aborigines, and to the development of national identity in calendar illustrations. She surveys technological developments in the calculation of time, and assesses the role of popular beliefs in astrology, books of fate, and prophetic dreaming. This fascinating study reveals how the increasing importance of accurate measurement of time in the modern world led to campaigns against the fatalism and apathy which popular practices, such as fortune-telling, supposedly encouraged
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