Time distribution: A key element of the inequality analysis
- Author: United Nations
- Main Title: Social Panorama of Latin America 2016 , pp 169-212
- Publication Date: December 2017
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18356/6f7c638a-en
- Language: English Spanish
Humankind has always reflected on and attempted to measure time, which is generally defined as the duration of things that are subject to change, through various and very distinct disciplines such as physics, history, psychology, theology and literature. From the era of the ancient Greeks until now, philosophical notions of time have revolved mainly around two ideas: (i) physical time, as a natural and absolute element, and (ii) relative social time, as a subjective interpretation of human existence and the occurrence of various events. The first is a variable that represents an objective, observable, continuous, homogenous, measurable and independent exteriority, while the second is a social, subjective, heterogeneous construction that can occur simultaneously or discontinuously.
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