Atemporality and presentism of the social world in contemporary sociology
Abstract
Contemporary sociology has recognized the important role of time in the analysis of the runaway world we live in. This growing interest is, however, ironic because the recognition of the sociological centrality of time goes with the denunciation of its disappearance or at least its radical disorganization and disfunctionality. As a consequence claimed time turns into missing time. This paper seeks to rebuild this paradoxical diagnosis in its three core variants: atemporality, presentism and spacelization. After analyzing its various sociological manifestations, these are subject to criticism and an alternative that does not fall into the detected errors is outlined.
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