Now updated with a new preface, The Railway Journey is an invaluable resource for readers interested in nineteenth-century culture and technology and the prehistory of modern media and digitalization. As a history of the surprising ways in which technology and culture interact, this book covers a wide range of topics, including the changing perception of landscapes, the death of conversation while traveling, the problematic nature of the railway compartment, the space of glass architecture, the pathology of the railway journey, industrial fatigue and the history of shock, and the railroad and the city.īelonging to a distinguished European tradition of critical sociology best exemplified by the work of Georg Simmel and Walter Benjamin, The Railway Journey is anchored in rich empirical data and full of striking insights about railway travel, the industrial revolution, and technological change.
The Industrialization of Time and Space in the Nineteenth Century, With a New Preface, University of California Press, 2014, 9780520282261 p., EAN : 9780520282261. The Railway Journey: The Industrialization and Perception of Time and Space. In a highly original and engaging fashion, Schivelbusch discusses the ways in which our perceptions of distance, time, autonomy, speed, and risk were altered by railway travel. Wolfgang Schivelbusch, The Railway Journey. In The Railway Journey, Schivelbusch examines the origins of this industrialized consciousness by exploring the reaction in the nineteenth century to the first dramatic avatar of technological change, the railroad. Semantic Scholar extracted view of 'The Railway Journey: The Industrialization of Time and Space in the Nineteenth Century' by W. In The Railway Journey, Schivelbusch examines the origins of this industrialized consciousness by exploring the reaction in the nineteenth century to the first dramatic avatar of technological change, the railroad. Semantic Scholar extracted view of 'The Railway Journey: The Industrialization of Time and Space in the Nineteenth Century' by W.
0 Comments These new materials bent the contrast between light and shadow making it uniform and absent of contrast, a disorienting combination to people used to rock and wood. But this was not always the case as Wolfgang Schivelbusch points out in this fascinating study, our adaptation to technological change-the development of our modern, industrialized consciousness-was very much a learned behavior. The railway journey wolfgang schivelbusch summary. The impact of constant technological change upon our perception of the world is so pervasive as to have become a commonplace of modern society. Insights on Wolfgang Schivelbusch's The Railway Journey Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights Front Cover. In The Railway Journey, Schivelbusch examines the origins of this industrialized consciousness by exploring the reaction in the nineteenth century to the first dramatic avatar of technological change, the railroad.