Rethinking Secular Time in Victorian England by Stefan Fisher-H?yrem (English) H

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This open access book draws on conceptual resources ranging from medieval scholasticism to postmodern theory to propose a new understanding of secular time and its mediation in nineteenth-century technological networks.

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This open access book draws on conceptual resources ranging from medieval scholasticism to postmodern theory to propose a new understanding of secular time and its mediation in nineteenth-century technological networks. Untethering the concept of secularity from questions of 'religion' and 'belief', it offers an innovative rethinking of the history of secularisation that will appeal to students, scholars, and everyone interested in secularity, Victorian culture, the history of technology, and the temporalities of modernity. 

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This open access book draws on conceptual resources ranging from medieval scholasticism to postmodern theory to propose a new understanding of secular time and its mediation in nineteenth-century technological networks: the Victorian railway network and its temporal standardisation and synchronisation, the networks of daily news production and distribution with their intense pursuit of immediate access to events, and the networks circulating inimitable Bank of England notes meticulously made to embody the gold standard. Untethering the concept of secularity from questions of 'religion' and its 'others', Rethinking Secular Time in Victorian England offers an innovative rethinking of the history of secularisation that will appeal to students, scholars, and everyone interested in secularity, Victorian culture, the history of technology, and the temporalities of modernity. Stefan Fisher-H

Author Biography

Stefan Fisher-Høyrem (PhD) is a historian and Senior Academic Librarian at the University of Agder, Norway.   

Table of Contents

1 Introduction: Secularities, Technologies, and Modern.- Temporalities.- Challenging Secularization.- First Challenge: The Material Turn.- Second Challenge: The Temporal Turn.- Confusing Times.- Rethinking Secularization.- Overview of the Book.- Bibliography.- 2 Secular Time: Origin Story and Operationalization.- Origins of the Saeculum.- Immutable Mobiles.- Victorian Networks.- Bibliography.- 3 Railways: Tracks, Trains, and Travellers.- Moving Bodies.- Local Time.- Branching Out.- Temporal Trauma.- The Transport Machine.- Tracks.- Trains.- Travellers.- Temporal Coordination.- Conclusion.- Bibliography.- 4 News: The Pursuit of Immediacy.- Temporality and Form.- A Printed Public Sphere.- Emerging Publics.- Environmental Resistance.- Expanding Networks.- Mobilization.- Insulation.- Printing.- Journalism Skills.- Conclusion.- Bibliography.- 5 Banknotes: The Money of Civilization.- Performing the Economy.- Gold Standard.- The State.- Policing the Standard.- The Bank of England.- A Networkof Notes.- A Combination of the Arts.- As Good as Gold.- Conclusion.- Bibliography.- 6 Conclusion: A New Approach to Secularization.- Bibliography.- Index.

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This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access Develops an original thesis of Victorian secularisation Demonstrates how to trace the mediation of secular time in modern technological networks Draws on and speaks to several academic fields

Details ISBN3031092848 Publisher Springer International Publishing AG Language English Year 2022 ISBN-10 3031092848 ISBN-13 9783031092848 Format Hardcover Imprint Palgrave Macmillan Edition 1st Country of Publication Switzerland Pages 232 Publication Date 2022-08-30 UK Release Date 2022-08-30 Author Stefan Fisher-Høyrem Edition Description 1st ed. 2022 Series Histories of the Sacred and Secular, 1700–2000 Alternative 9783031092879 DEWEY 261.56 Audience Professional & Vocational Illustrations 1 Illustrations, black and white; X, 232 p. 1 illus. We've got this

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