SOCIOL 129

Sociology of Time

Sociology · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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Conceptualizations of time seen from scientific, philosophical, historical, and sociological perspectives; cyclical and linear time in primitive, ancient, and medieval societies; ritual, the sacred, and experience of the eternal; structuring of urban, modern, and postmodern societies by clock, calendar, and schedule; future value orientation and notion of progress; time, labor, and social domination.

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