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Network Time and the New Knowledge Epoch

Robert Hassan

Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia, rohassan{at}groupwise.swin.edu.au

This article analyses the temporal dimensions of knowledge production. Specifically it discusses the mechanics of the process and how these have changed through what are termed `knowledge epochs'. It argues that with the widespread dissemination of clock-time through the Industrial Revolution, the production of knowledge was significantly shaped by the temporality of the clock. Through the convergence of neoliberal globalization and ICT revolution a new powerful temporality has emerged through which knowledge production is refracted: network time. The article concludes that the spread of network time into the realm of the everyday has profound implications for the production of critical and reflexive knowledge in contemporary culture and society.

Key Words: globalization • ICTs • instrumentalism • knowledge • new york time • real time

Time & Society, Vol. 12, No. 2-3, 225-241 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/0961463X030122004
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