In the leg with the times. Abbreviated stay in the present

In the dynamic civilization of modernity, the speed of the ore of science and technology, art and economics, politics and law increases. The period of time of sustainable work and life is reduced. Our stay in the present is reduced. Time becomes limited, and therefore needs a social and technical organization - as an environment of coordination of our actions. In the work of Herman Lubbe, a wide panorama of the temporal structure of our civilization unfolds. Why is the progress directed to the future multiplies the number of forms of historical culture? Why is artistic and intellectual avant -garde inclined to support totalitarian regimes? How do archives and libraries cope with the growing stream of information? These are only some of the questions that this book gives answers to.
The publication is intended for scientists, students and everyone who seeks to navigate in modern cultural processes