The reform of time : magic and modernity / Maureen Perkins.

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Perkins, Maureen

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TextPublication details: London ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto Press, 2001.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 158 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9781849641074
1849641072
058542585X
9780585425856
0745317294
9780745317298
0745317286
9780745317281

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Reform of time.DDC classification:

304.2/3 21

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HM656 .P47 2001eb

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08.36

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Contents:

Introduction: Superstition and progress -- 1. Clocks, calendars and centralisation -- 2. Fortune-telling -- 3. The interpretation of dreams -- 4. Timeless cultures -- 5. Calendar girls.

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Summary: 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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-156) and index.

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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.

Introduction: Superstition and progress -- 1. Clocks, calendars and centralisation -- 2. Fortune-telling -- 3. The interpretation of dreams -- 4. Timeless cultures -- 5. Calendar girls.

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