- How an obsession with time has come to enslave us

The English language is dotted with expressions that betray a distrust of time – we talk of “racing against time” or we express a frustration that “time is not on our side”. In this episode of Rear Vision, we look at the history of time as a concept. Why time from the Industrial Revolution onwards became wedded to ideas of progress and productivity. And how at both a personal and societal level time became a means of constraint as much as organisation.

Guests:

Dr Adrian Bardon – Professor of Philosophy, Wake Forest University

Dr Emily Thomas – Professor and Head of the Department of Philosophy, Durham University



Dr Iwan Rhys Morus – Professor of History and Welsh History, Aberystwyth University

Judith Shulevitz – American journalist, editor and culture critic

Dr David Henkin – Professor of History, University of California, Berkeley

Tom Greene – Atlanta-based syndicated columnist and podcaster