On Borrowed Time
The Art and Economy of Living with Deadlines
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Author
Contributions
- Steven Rendall (Translator) - Contributor
Publication
2008-07-01 - University Of Chicago Press
Language
English
Word Count
48,000 words, Guess
Page Count
192 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveonborrowedtimear00wein
- Internet Archiveonborrowedtimear0000wein
- ISBN-100226886018
- ISBN-139780226886015
- LibraryThing7090657
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- Goodreads2837432
- Library of Congress Control Number2008006399
- OCLC Control Number192045776
- Better World Books9780226886015
- Better World BooksP8-CDJ-205
- Better World BooksO7-AYY-442
- Open LibraryOL10193251M
Classifications
- LCCPN56.T5W4513 2008
- LCCPN56.T5 W4513 2008
Description
"In On Borrowed Time, Harald Weinrich examines an extraordinary range of materials - from Hippocrates to Run Lola Run - to put forth a new conception of time and its limits that, unlike older models, is firmly grounded in human experience. Weinrich's analysis of the roots of the word time connects it to the temples of the skull, demonstrating that humans first experienced time in the beating of their pulses. Tracing this corporeal perception of time across literary, religious, and philosophical works, Weinrich concludes that time functions as a kind of sixth sense - the crucial sense that enables the other five."--Jacket.
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