Rethinking Secular Time in Victorian England
This open access book draws on conceptual resources ranging from medieval scholasticism to postmodern theory to propose a new understanding of secular time and its mediation in nineteenth-century technological networks. Untethering the concept of secularity from questions of 'religion' and...
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| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
2022.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2022. |
| Series: | Histories of the Sacred and Secular, 1700-2000,
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Table of Contents:
- 1 Introduction: Secularities, Technologies, and Modern
- Temporalities
- Challenging Secularization
- First Challenge: The Material Turn
- Second Challenge: The Temporal Turn
- Confusing Times
- Rethinking Secularization
- Overview of the Book
- Bibliography
- 2 Secular Time: Origin Story and Operationalization
- Origins of the Saeculum
- Immutable Mobiles
- Victorian Networks
- Bibliography
- 3 Railways: Tracks, Trains, and Travellers
- Moving Bodies
- Local Time
- Branching Out
- Temporal Trauma
- The Transport Machine
- Tracks
- Trains
- Travellers
- Temporal Coordination
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- 4 News: The Pursuit of Immediacy
- Temporality and Form
- A Printed Public Sphere
- Emerging Publics
- Environmental Resistance
- Expanding Networks
- Mobilization
- Insulation
- Printing
- Journalism Skills
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- 5 Banknotes: The Money of Civilization
- Performing the Economy
- Gold Standard
- The State
- Policing the Standard
- The Bank of England
- A Networkof Notes
- A Combination of the Arts
- As Good as Gold
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- 6 Conclusion: A New Approach to Secularization
- Bibliography
- Index.