High-speed society : social acceleration, power, and modernity / edited by Hartmut Rosa and William E. Scheuerman.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Examines the processes of acceleration in politics, economic, culture, and society at large. Focuses on why and how the high-speed contours of crucial forms of social activity now shape so many facets of human existence, and suggests possible responses"--Provided by publisher.

A law of acceleration / Henry Adams -- The pace of life and the money economy / Georg Simmel -- The new religion-morality of speed / Filippo Tommaso Marinetti -- The mania for motion and speed / John Dewey -- The motorized legislator / Carl Schmitt -- Social acceleration : ethical and political consequences of a desynchronized high-speed society / Hartmut Rosa -- Is there an acceleration of history? / Reinhart Koselleck -- The spatiotemporal dynamics of globalizing capital and their impact on state power and democracy / Bob Jessop -- The contraction of the present / Hermann Lübbe -- Speeding up and slowing down / John Urry -- The state of emergency / Paul Virilio -- The nihilism of speed : on the work of Paul Virilio / Stefan Breuer -- Temporal rhythms and military force : acceleration, deceleration, and war / Herfried Münkler -- Speed, concentric circles, and cosmopolitanism / William E. Connolly -- Citizenship and speed / William E. Scheuerman.