Modernity (Acceleration)

who forwards the idea of social acceperation

hartmut rosa

what, for Rosa, is modernisation — not only a multilevelled process in time but …

a transformation of time structures themself

what are Rosa’s 3 frames of time (ROSA)

everyday life, life as a whole, view of one’s epoch

where does the breal between modernity and postmodernity come (ROSA)

point of acceleration where demands for synchronisation no longer met

how does modern acceleration sustain itself: it is ____(ROSA)

self-propelling

a transformation of modernization goes hand in hand with a transformation in _____ (ROSA)

identity

people in the modern age feel ____ (ROSA)

out of joint

what form does Rosa’s argument take

dialectical

what point does Rosa track digital and political revolutions from (ROSA)

1980s

what 3 broad kinds of acceleration does Rosa recognise (ROSA)

technical acceleration, pace of life, social rates of change

modern society can be understood as an acceleration society in the sense that it displays … (ROSA)

a highly conditioned structural and cultural linkage f both forms of acceleration

processes of transportation/communication/production, increased communication, time prioritisation over space, rising production and consumption (ROSA)

technical acceleration

tempo of change in actions and patterns of relationship, contraction of the present, increased rate of decay, past and future must be rewritten (ROSA)

acceleration of social change

objective and subjective component, shortening or condensing of episodes of action, result in scarcity of tiem resources (ROSA)

acceleration of pace of life

what are the 5 categories of responsive inertia that Rosa identifies

natural limits to speed/ islands of deceleration/ dysfunctional side effects/ intentional deceleration/ structural and cultural rigidity

how has the tempo of the pace of life changed (ROSA)

intergenerational to intragenerational tempo

example of the tempo of pace of life becoming intragenertaional

occupations not passed down or even retained for one’s whole lifetime

what is the contraction of the present (ROSA)

decrease of length of time for which their prevales secure expectation about future circumstances

what does accelerated pace of life mean (ROSA)

increase in episodes pf action per unit of time

things that could support accelerated pace of life (ROSA)

reels

because everything is much more unstable, fluid, flexible and fast-changing, what has happened to people’s identities (ROSA)

shrinkage of identities

what does accelerated social change drive (ROSA)

accelerated pace of life

why can’t individuals just stop from this increased acceleration (ROSA)

suffer desynchronization

what are the 3 external causes of acceleration (ROSA)

economic motor, cultural motor, socio-structural motor

what increases the pace of life

cultural motor (belief in enjoying worldly posibilities, fear of not self-actualizing)

what increases social change

socio-structural motor (people having multiple identities and therefore roles they have to fulfil)

what historically performed the role of acceleration, but have since ceased to contribute/even slow it down (ROSA)

military and state

example of what in the state is slowing down acceleration, and as a result what is rising in power (ROSA)

bureaucracy, executive action

what have all the central institutions of early modernity become in late modernity (ROSA)

brakes

what is resonance (ROSA)

experience where individuals feel deeply connected to environment, other people, sense of self

what does resonance contrast with in modern life (ROSA)

disenchantment and alienation

who writes a criticism of Rosa’s theory

montero and torres

what do Montero and Torres argue Rosa’s critical theory offers

analytic description of modernity and a normative reading of it

in what ways is Rosa’s argument normative (Montero and Torres)

concept of a good life, uses resonance like its a universal human condition

what is there an ambiguity in in Rosa’s claim (montero and torres)

more universalist and more contextual

what do montero and torres argue questions of a good life can always be reformed as

questions of world relations, socially, culturally and historically meditated

what for Montero and Torres, is the issue of Rosa’s use of resonance

unviersal human constant situated in a contextual western analysis

what does Rosa’s normative critical theory do (montero and torres)

moves him away from contextualist position

where does acceleration arguably not have the same effect (montero and torres)

global south

could society have several paces of life (montero and torres)

yes