How an obsession with time has come to enslave us

The English language is dotted with expressions that betray a distrust of time – we talk of “racing against time” or we express a frustration that “time is not on our side”. In this episode of Rear Vision, we look at the history of time as a concept. Why time from the Industrial Revolution onwards became wedded to ideas of progress and productivity. And how at both a personal and societal level time became a means of constraint as much as organisation.
Guests:
Dr Adrian Bardon (sites.google.com/view/profadrianbardon/bio) – Professor of Philosophy, Wake Forest University
Dr Emily Thomas (durham.ac.uk/staff/emily-e-thomas) – Professor and Head of the Department of Philosophy, Durham University
Dr Iwan Rhys Moru (aber.ac.uk/en/history/staff-profiles/listing/p…)s – Professor of History and Welsh History, Aberystwyth University
Judith Shulevitz (judithshulevitz.com/author) – American journalist, editor and culture critic
Dr David Henkin (history.berkeley.edu/david-henkin) – Professor of History, University of California, Berkeley
Tom Greene (witwisdom.tomgreene.com) – Atlanta-based syndicated columnist and podcaster