The Ordering Of Time by Arno Borst
From the Ancient Computus to the Modern Computer
A sweeping cultural and intellectual history of how Western societies have measured, interpreted, and regulated time, from medieval computus and liturgical calendars through mechanical clocks, historical periodization, and standardized civil time, to the abstractions of the computer age. Drawing on chronicles, tables, schedules, and technologies, it traces the shift from cyclical sacred rhythms to linear, quantified, and administratively useful time. Along the way, it shows how changing temporal orders shaped power, knowledge, and everyday life, and how disputes over calendars and chronology reflected broader social transformations.
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