Alienation and Acceleration: Towards a Critical Theory of Late-Modern Temporality Cherie Denham the summer has purpose-they will

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Alienation and Acceleration: Towards a Critical Theory of Late-Modern Temporality Cherie Denham the summer has purpose-they willModern life is speeding up, constantly. While the art of saving time reaches unprecedented heights through the introduction of ever new technologies of communication and production, it nevertheless feels as though we are running out of time. In all Western societies, time scarcity is increasing and individuals report the impression of having to run faster and faster every year not in order to get somewhere, but just to stay where they are. In this