{"product_id":"kairzes-giacomo-marramao-9781350431188","title":"Kairós: In Defence of 'Due Time'","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShedding new light on the fundamental philosophical problem of time, leading Italian philosopher Giacomo Marramao offers a solution to today's 24\/7 culture. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e If we were asked to name the social syndrome of our age under capitalism, it would no doubt be \"rush\". Intentional animals as we are, we experience the meaningless acceleration of time, which devours instants and misses its target just like its opposite, undue hesitation. For Marramao, rush and slowness or rashness and hesitation are two mirror forms of \u003ci\u003euntimeliness\u003c\/i\u003e: two unsuitable ways of seizing time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough engagement with sources including Heidegger, Bergson, Saint Paul the Apostle, Newtonian physics, and postmodern theory, Marramao calls for a change to how we perceive time. Delving into the Greek and Roman concepts of \u003ci\u003etempus, chronos, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e aión, \u003c\/i\u003ehe argues that there should be no opposition between the scientific-objective time and the existential-subjective one. As such, he introduces his own theory of \u003ci\u003ekairós\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eor \"due time\", as the notion of fertile and decisive \u003ci\u003etimeliness\u003c\/i\u003e. A timely decision, Marramao advances, is generated by the productive tension between opposites: a tension created equally by swiftness and caution, promptness and conformity with the action's purpose. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOriginally published in 1992, this updated edition of \u003ci\u003eKairós: In Defence of \"Due Time'' \u003c\/i\u003eincludes a new preface speaking to today's social and political climate, as well as an introduction by Marramao himself, in which he reflects on his long engagement with temporality from \u003ci\u003ePower and Secularization \u003c\/i\u003eup until today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Giacomo Marramao\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350431184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350431188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/19\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.79h x 5.08w x 1.00d","brand":"Giacomo Marramao","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46431699206399,"sku":"9781350431188","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d86ca47d-1f6f-49db-ad7a-c85d636704da.jpg?v=1735142127","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/kairzes-giacomo-marramao-9781350431188","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}