The Speed of Global Flows and the Pace of Democratic Politics

Rosa, Hartmut

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“…Moreover, they mostly occur together because where in one sphere of life and of society changes might turn up, in another continuity rules (Drake & Nelson, 2005). Continuity and change occur together throughout history, although, in the last two centuries, it seems that change occurred more frequently and at an accelerating tempo (Rosa, 2005).…”

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The Present in Flemish Secondary History Education Through the Lens of Written History Exams

Nieuwenhuyse

Wils

Clarebout

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The present plays an important part in history education, in particular in efforts to make the study of the past relevant for today. This contribution examines how the relationship between past and present is dealt with in current Flemish secondary history education by analyzing 190 written history exams for the 11th and 12th grade. Ten percent of the questions address the present in an autonomous way and 8% relate past and present to each other. A more fine-grained analysis of the present-related questions reveals a variety of ways to integrate the present in history education, including the study of recent interpretations of the past.Le présent joue un rôle important dans l’enseignement de l’histoire, dont celui de rendre pertinente l’étude du passé dans le contexte contemporain. Cette contribution explore de quelle manière l’enseignement de l’histoire, tel que prodigué au sein des écoles secondaires flamandes, traite les relations entre le passé et le présent. Pour ce faire, les auteurs ont analysé 190 examens écrits en histoire, complétés par des élèves de 11e et 12e année. 10 % des questions abordent le présent de façon autonome, alors que 8 % font un lien entre le passé et le présent. Une analyse plus poussée des questions traitant du présent dévoile une variété de pistes pour intégrer le présent dans l’enseignement de l’histoire, incluant l’étude des interprétations récentes du passé

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Section: Questions Relating Past and Present To Each Other: Continuitmentioning

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The Present in Flemish Secondary History Education Through the Lens of Written History Exams

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Wils

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et al. 2016

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“…Not only is 'fast food' becoming more of a ubiquitous phenomenon (Ritzer, 2004), but also the way food is grown (Pollan, 2009), prepared and transported (Weis, 2007) has gotten faster. 9 Rosa (2005) provides a particularly nuanced account of how social acceleration relates to the modern growth and decline of democratic politics. He argues that although 'the speed-up of society' has played an integral part in the democratization process, social acceleration also has the capacity 'to undermine the proper functioning of democracy', once it goes 'beyond a certain critical threshold ' (2005, p. 446).…”

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“…12 The notion that people may not be able to react competently to the demands of a high-speed society has been well developed in the field of politics. Scheuerman (2005), Levy (2006) and Rosa (2005) all posit that social acceleration makes it difficult to appropriately engage in democratic politics once the speed of a society exceeds a certain limit. 13 Tomlinson uses the example of driving to illustrate this point.…”

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“… Rosa () provides a particularly nuanced account of how social acceleration relates to the modern growth and decline of democratic politics. He argues that although ‘the speed‐up of society’ has played an integral part in the democratization process, social acceleration also has the capacity ‘to undermine the proper functioning of democracy’, once it goes ‘beyond a certain critical threshold’ (2005, p. 446). Paul Virilio () focuses in particular on how the recent acceleration of warfare interferes with democratic processes.…”

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Social Acceleration Theory and the Self

Hsu

Elliott

2014

J Theory Soc Behav

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In recent years, there has been a rapidly growing body of work in the social sciences that underscores the prevalence of the phenomenon of 'social acceleration'-the speeding up of social life-in many parts of the Western world. Although research on social acceleration has tended to analyze the phenomenon on a social-structural level, there is also a need to investigate how social acceleration has 'ramifications for the socially dominant forms of self-relation'. One way to gain a more in-depth understanding of this facet of social acceleration is to investigate the speeding up of social life through the prism of the self. The central argument of this article is that there are at least five images of the self which can be associated with the social acceleration phenomenon: (1) the 'detached' self, (2) the 'reflexive' self, (3) the 'reinventive' self, (4) the 'stationary' self and (5) the 'decelerating' self. By explaining how these kinds of self relate to the speeding up process, we seek to advance a more nuanced and sophisticated theory of social acceleration, which captures some of the complexities and paradoxes that the phenomenon involves.

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“…In spokes councils you need to allow time for affinity groups to consult and come to their own consensus" ("Consensus in Large Groups"). The availability of time thus emerges as a key ingredient in attempts at truly democratic decision making (see Rosa 2005). As one OWS activist put it bluntly: consensus building is "really hard, frustrating and slow" (quoted in Schneider 2011).…”

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Occupy and the Temporal Politics of Prefigurative Democracy

Petrick

2017

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This article sheds new light on the Occupy movement by foregrounding its temporal dimensions, particularly in relation to a previous major cycle of transnational contention, the alter-globalization movement (AGM). The discussion engages three temporal considerations in particular: 1) the centrality of instantaneous digital media to both movements' rapid rise and diffusion 2) the pervasiveness -especially within Occupy -of the temporal ethos of prefigurative politics, and 3) the sustainability and longer-term legacy of the Occupy cycle, from the temporal vantage point of the year 2016, i.e. five years since the movement's rise and prompt demise, and fifteen years since the peak of the AGM. The article's conclusion insists on the importance of a long-term vision when it comes to evaluating the outcomes of collective action.

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The Speed of Global Flows and the Pace of Democratic Politics

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The Present in Flemish Secondary History Education Through the Lens of Written History Exams

The Present in Flemish Secondary History Education Through the Lens of Written History Exams

Social Acceleration Theory and the Self

Occupy and the Temporal Politics of Prefigurative Democracy

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