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Can Time Be Tricked? - A Theoretical Introduction

Ringel, Felix

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This theoretical introduction develops a conceptual argument stemming from the concept of ‘time-tricking’. Whilst most theories of time in anthropology develop a coherent definition of the nature of time – for instance, as ‘cyclical’ or ‘linear’ – I draw attention to a seemingly common metaphysical distinction in our temporal ontologies, that between the past and the future. This distinction allows me to do two things: first, I present two different versions of time-tricking, one focusing on references to time and particularly to the past, the other conceptualizing effects on the future; and then, second, I present the future as the main object of temporal agency. By developing the notion of ‘future-tricking’, I point to a specific kind of temporal agency which is based on metaphysical commitments heavily embedded in the present in politics, interests and possibilities.

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Ringel, F. (2016). Can Time Be Tricked? - A Theoretical Introduction. Cambridge Journal of Anthropology, 34(1), 22-31. https://doi.org/10.3167/ca.2016.340104

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jul 2, 2015
Online Publication Date Mar 1, 2016
Publication Date Mar 1, 2016
Deposit Date Nov 18, 2016
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Cambridge Journal of Anthropology
Print ISSN 0305-7674
Electronic ISSN 2047-7716
Publisher Berghahn Journals
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 34
Issue 1
Pages 22-31
DOI https://doi.org/10.3167/ca.2016.340104

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This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedited version of an article published in The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Ringel, Felix (2016). Can Time Be Tricked? - A Theoretical Introduction. The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology 34(1): 22-31. is available online at: https://doi.org/10.3167/ca.2016.340104





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