| Title: |
Precarious Times |
| Authors: |
Fuchs, Anne |
| Publisher Information: |
Ithaca: Cornell University Press; Cornell University Press and Cornell University Library, 2026. |
| Publication Year: |
2026 |
| Collection: |
Books; Imported or submitted locally |
| Original Material: |
06a447d4-1d09-460f-8b1d-3b4b09d64407 |
| Subject Terms: |
Modern time regime; Temporal anxiety; Acceleration; Precariousness; Speed culture; Slowness; Lateness; Attention; Presentism; Digital now; Eigenzeit; Photography; Film; Modernism; Contemporary German literature; thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history; thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATF Films, cinema::ATFA Film history, theory or criticism; thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBH Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 |
| Description: |
In Precarious Times, Anne Fuchs explores how works of German literature, film, and photography reflect on the profound temporal anxieties precipitated by contemporary experiences of atomization, displacement, and fragmentation that bring about a loss of history and of time itself and that is peculiar to our current moment. The digital age places premiums on just-in-time deliveries, continual innovation, instantaneous connectivity, and around-the-clock availability. While some celebrate this 24/7 culture, others see it as profoundly destructive to the natural rhythm of day and night—and to human happiness. Have we entered an era of a perpetual present that depletes the future and erodes our grasp of the past? Beginning its examination around 1900, when rapid modernization was accompanied by comparably intense reflection on changing temporal experience, Precarious Times provides historical depth and perspective to current debates on the "digital now." Expanding the modern discourse on time and speed, Fuchs deploys such concepts as attention, slowness and lateness to emphasize the uneven quality of time around the world. |
| Document Type: |
book |
| File Description: |
application/pdf; application/epub+zip |
| Language: |
English |
| ISBN: |
978-1-5017-3482-3; 978-1-5017-3481-6; 978-1-5017-3510-3; 1-5017-3482-2; 1-5017-3481-4; 1-5017-3510-1 |
| Relation: |
Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought |
| Access URL: |
https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/110012 |
| Rights: |
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International; URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
| Notes: |
https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/110012; ; http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501735103/precarious-times |
| Accession Number: |
edsoap.20.500.12657.110012 |
| Database: |
OAPEN Library |