Professor Jonathan Long j.j.long@durham.ac.uk
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Taking Time: Paul Kranzler and the Photography of Slowness
Long, J.J.
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Abstract
Theorists of social acceleration have highlighted the tendency of social processes to speed up, both in Western societies, and increasingly also in the developing world. In this vein, theorists seeking to differentiate the postmodern from the modern note the disappearance of Ungleichzeitigkeit or non-simultaneity, and its replacement by a fully synchronous and quasi-ahistorical present. Through an investigation of contemporary photography in the German-speaking world, and with particular reference to the work of Austrian Paul Kranzler, I question the views advanced by theorists of acceleration and the postmodern. In thematic and formal readings of Kranzler’s books Land of Milk and Honey [Salzburg: Fotohof Edition, 2005] and Brut [Salzburg: Fotohof Edition, 2010], this article argues that Ungleichzeitigkeit remains a fundamental aspect of Western societies, and needs to be fully taken into consideration if we are to understand the political economy of time in capitalist late modernity.
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Long, J. (2017). Taking Time: Paul Kranzler and the Photography of Slowness. Oxford German Studies, 46(3), 329-343. https://doi.org/10.1080/00787191.2017.1345436
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Feb 21, 2017 |
Online Publication Date | Aug 2, 2017 |
Publication Date | Aug 2, 2017 |
Deposit Date | Feb 21, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | Feb 2, 2019 |
Journal | Oxford German Studies |
Print ISSN | 0078-7191 |
Electronic ISSN | 1745-9214 |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis Group |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 46 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 329-343 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/00787191.2017.1345436 |
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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in Oxford German Studies on 02/08/2017, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/00787191.2017.1345436.
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