Rethinking secular time in Victorian England. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Stefan Fisher-Høyrem.
• Authors: Fisher-Høyrem, Stefan
• 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 Network of Notes.A Combination of the Arts.As Good as Gold.Conclusion.Bibliography.6 Conclusion: A New Approach to Secularization.Bibliography.Index.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 261.56; Secularization (Theology); Time -- Systems and standards -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Time -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783031092855
• Related ISBNs: 9783031092848; 9783031092879
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