Research Catalog

Title

The future of time : man's temporal environment / edited by Henri Yaker, Humphry Osmond, and Frances Cheek.

Publication

Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, ©1971.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Yaker, Henri Marc.
• Osmond, Humphry.
• Cheek, Frances, 1923-

Description

xvi, 512 pages : illustrations; 22 cm

Summary

"We all live in a relative universe, and this book shows that we have only begun to explore some of the ideas we take most for granted. The traditional linear concept of time, prevalent for centuries of Western culture, is now undergoing some serious re-examination. New lifestyles and sensory experiences are creating an awareness of new dimensions of time. At this crucial point in history, we should consider whether our futures are not closely associated with our ideas of the temporal dimension--with the future of time itself. These essays establish the groundwork for a re-examination of our relation to time. Is there such a thing as 'normal' time? How do 'distortions,' such as drugs or mental illness, affect temporal perceptions? How is time affected by the society we live in? These and other intriguigng questions are explored in this unique and provocative study."--inside flaps.

Subject

• Time perception
• Schizophrenia
• Hallucinations and illusions
• Hallucinations and illusions
• Schizophrenia
• Time perception
• Tijdwaarneming

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographies.

Contents

Factors involved in man's perception of time: -- 1. Time in the Biblicand and greek worlds (H.M. Yaker) -- 2. Anthropological perspectives (R.J. Maxwell) -- 3. On social time (V. Gioscia) -- 4. The psychotypology of time (H. Mann, M. Siegler, & H. Osmond) -- 5. On temporal organization in living systems (C.S. Pittendrigh) -- Disordered perception of time -- 6. A technique for exploring time experiences in mental disorders -- 7. The immediacy hipothesis of schizophrenia (K. Salzinger) -- The schizophrenic perception of time -- A syntactical analysis of time language (H.M. Yaker) -- 9. The family context of the time perspective of schizophrenics (F.E. Cheek) -- 10. The time worlds of three drug-using groups -- Alcoholics, heroin addicts, and psychedelics (F.E. Cheek & J. Laucius) -- 11. Chemical modifiers of time perception (S. Newell) -- 12. Problems connected with evaluation of the effects of psychedelic drugs and time perception (A. Hoffer) -- 13. Behavior and the place names of time (B.S. Aaronson) -- 14. Time and society -- 15. Time and work (S. de la Garza) -- The future of the book (Q. Fiore) -- 16. Teaching the future (O.K. Flechtheim) -- 17. Epilogue -- The future of time (H.M. Yaker & F.E. Cheek).

LCCN

79116265

OCLC

• ocm00156294
• 156294
• SCSB-268366

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library