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Book SynopsisThe Study of Time XVI: Time’s Urgency celebrates the 50th anniversary of the International Society for the Study of Time. It includes a keynote speech by renowned physicist Julian Barbour, a dialogue between British author David Mitchell, Katie Paterson and ISST’s previous president Paul Harris. The volume is divided into dialogues and papers that directly address the issue of urgency and time scales from various disciplines. This book offers a unique perspective on the contemporary status of the interdisciplinary study of time. It will open new paths of inquiry for different approaches to the important issues of narrative structure and urgency. These are themes that are becoming increasingly relevant during our times. Contributors are Julian Barbour, Dennis Costa, Kerstin Cuhls, Ileana da Silva, Margaret K. Devinney, Sonia Front, Peter A. Hancock, Paul Harris, Rose Harris-Birtill, David Mitchell, Carlos Montemayor, Jo Alyson Parker, Katie Paterson, Walter Schweidler, Raji C. Steineck, Daniela Tan, Frederick Turner, Thomas P. Weissert, Marc Wolterbeek, and Barry Wood.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Notes on Contributors Introduction Carlos Montemayor Introductory Essays 1 A New Theory of Time’s Arrows Julian Barbour 2 ‘Looking Down Time’s Telescope at Myself’: Reincarnation and Global Futures in David Mitchell’s Fictional Worlds (Winner of the 2016 New Scholar’s Prize) Rose Harris-Birtill part 1: Dialogues 3 Archivists of the Future Paul Harris, Katie Paterson and David Mitchell 4 Presidential Address: Should We Give Up “Time”? Raji C. Steineck 5 Time as an Open Concept: A Response to Raji Steineck Carlos Montemayor 6 Zero-Time Theory Peter A. Hancock 7 Deconstructing the Zero Time Theory Frederick Turner 8 Time’s up: Clarifying Misunderstandings of Zero-Time Theory Peter A. Hancock part 2: Urgency and Time Scales 9 Eternal Recursion, the Emergence of Metaconsciousness, and the Imperative for Closure Jo Alyson Parker and Thomas Weissert 10 Petrotemporality at Siccar Point: James Hutton’s Deep Time Narrative Barry Wood 11 Time’s Urgency Ritualized: The Centrality and Authority of Mayan Calendars Margaret K. Devinney 12 Telling Time: Literary Rituals and Trauma Daniela Tan 13 Sequence and Duration in Graphic Novels Ileana da Silva and Marc Wolterbeek 14 “There’s More Than One of Everything”: Time Complexity in Fringe Sonia Front 15 Foresight and Urgency: The Discrepancy between Long-Term Thinking and Short-Term Decision-Making Kerstin Cuhls 16 “More Than Watchmen”: Dante on Urgency in Ritual Dennis Costa 17 Time’s Redeeming Urgency Walter Schweidler Index
