Keeping Pace with Global Times

Subjects under discussion include the relationship between time, political sovereignty, and political critique; the temporalities of global capital, preemptive security, and petroculture; the global spread of infectious diseases; and the tension between official timekeeping and the material realitie...

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Published in:Canadian Literature 2017-09 (234), p.162-163
Main Author: Aguila-Way, Tania
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Canadian literature
Collaboration
Globalization
Imagination
Politics
Porter, Tony
Sovereignty
Time
Transnationalism
Writers
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Summary:Subjects under discussion include the relationship between time, political sovereignty, and political critique; the temporalities of global capital, preemptive security, and petroculture; the global spread of infectious diseases; and the tension between official timekeeping and the material realities of lived time.Wayne Hope's chapter on worker exploitation sees opportunities for transnational networks of "labour resistance" in the time-sensitive structures of global supply chains, which require collaboration across workforces in multiple time zones.All in all, this wide-ranging collection illuminates the social, political, and environmental stakes involved in thinking about the relationship between time and globalization, providing a useful starting point for scholars interested in examining how the timescapes of Canadian literature and culture interact with the timescapes of the global.
ISSN:0008-4360