There is also a really good essay by E.P. Thompson on the question of the clock.
In addition, Benedict Anderson notes (following some fragments of Benjamin) that print capitalism itself contributes to a transformation of an experience of time as cyclical and full of meaning to one in which operates as empty and homogeneous.
To deny the importance of this is to fall into the worst kind of mystification.
robert wood
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> Sadly Monsieur Reverse Renaissance, you're wrong once again.
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> The issue isn't people understanding things "in terms of time" but
> people understanding things in terms of time as *defined by the
> clock.*
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> At least three rather profound books have been written about the
> changes that occurred during the transition from the pre-clock to
> clock eras.
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> One.
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> Technics and Civilization
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> by Lewis Mumford
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> <http://www.amazon.com/Technics-Civilization-Lewis-Mumford/dp/015688254X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1248285360&sr=1-1>
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> bit.ly link -
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> http://bit.ly/xdEtV
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> Two.
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> Space, Time and Architecture
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> by Siegfried Giedion
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> orig link -
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> <http://www.amazon.com/Space-Time-Architecture-Tradition-Enlarged/dp/0674830407>
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> bit.ly link -
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> http://bit.ly/grQSW
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> Three.
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> Mechanization Takes Command
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> by Siegfried Giedion
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> orig link -
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> <http://www.amazon.com/Mechanization-Takes-Command-Contribution-History/dp/1590173376/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1248285284&sr=1-2>
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> bit.ly link -
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> http://bit.ly/2EtmJU
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> ....
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> .d.
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