Much has been missed by social researchers in their attempt to understand the human experience as a series of rational, cognitive choices. Human subjectivity in lived experience, both that of the subject and that of the researcher, is the topic of this volume, an important corrective to the detached stance of most previous social research. The contributors examine various aspects of the subject - the emotions, the gendered nature of experience, the body-mind relationship, perceptions of time, place and setting, understanding of the self - and explore how these elements provide a fuller...
Much has been missed by social researchers in their attempt to understand the human experience as a series of rational, cognitive choices. Human subje...
What do we mean when we say, I made the time pass more quickly, or, IOCOm creating some OCymeOCO time? In"The Textures of Time," Michael Flaherty examines how we alter or customize our experience of time. His detailed analysis reveals different strategies we use to try to manipulate time, further describing and defining those strategies within six discrete time categories: Duration, Frequency, Sequence, Timing, Allocation, and Taking Time.
Using in-depth interviews and analyzing responses through a sociological lens, Flaherty unearths folk theories and practices, which he calls time...
What do we mean when we say, I made the time pass more quickly, or, IOCOm creating some OCymeOCO time? In"The Textures of Time," Michael Flaherty e...
