Raymond Monelle observes the belief that there are simultaneously plural cultural temporalities, of which music temporalities are examples. This is distinguished from the impression of natural time, as a flow that is uniform and singular. One could hardly exaggerate the… Read More ›
Jay Griffiths characterises Western, hegemonic time, as inherently anti-natural, and as that which is imposed on cultures. A challenge to this dominant form of time is said to manifest through the various time structures of indigenous populations, which are portrayed… Read More ›
Douwe Tiemersma reviews how African literature describes time in Africa as being more closely associated with organic events than time is in Western societies. Tiemersma expands on this definition by noting how African time is perceived to be more natural,… Read More ›
Michael Flaherty explores the difference between the subjective impression of time’s passage, versus how much of that time has actually passed. The distinction is established between a reality of time, and contingent impressions of time. Time flies. For centuries, this… Read More ›
