Imagined communities: Reflections on the origin and spread of nationalism

he revised English edition of this book tlie T original Swcdisli cdition. without tlie subtitle. is froni 1997 should be considered :is i111 important contribution to sociology and social science in general to tlie extent tliat it is a clear and wcll-structured introduction to critical i-disrri, one of the most rccent and vigorous theoretical streams in the field of thc social scicnces. if we take into coiisidcration tlic influential work of hlargaret t\\rclier (1995: Realist Socinl Tlicory: Tlic I\\loriJlio!gciicti(’

Explaining Society, Critical Realism in the Social Sciences:

Time and narrative

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The Unreality of Time

............................................................................................................... xv Notes for the reader .......................................................................................... xvi Chapter 1 Time and the Neolithic in Ireland ............................................... 1 1.1. Purpose, themes, aims and objectives ..................................................... 2 1.1.1 In what remains of Chapter 1... ........................................................ 6 1.2. Scope and constraints ................................................................................ 6 1.3. Approach and methodology .................................................................... 8 1.3.1 Literature review ............................................................................... 10 1.3.2 Critical analysis ................................................................................. 10 1.3.3 Synthesis and discussion ................................................................. 12 1.4 Temporality and the Neolithic in Ireland: key concepts .................... 14 1.5 What follows ............................................................................................. 24 Notes. .................................................................................................................... 25 Chapter 2 Time in theory, temporality in practice .................................... 27 2.1 Time and archaeology ............................................................................. 28 2.2 What is time? ............................................................................................. 30 2.2.1 Real time ............................................................................................. 31 2.2.2 Conceptions of time .......................................................................... 32 2.2.3 Archaeological time .......................................................................... 35

Andrew Whitefield

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Sustainable change: settlement, environment and the temporality of Neolithic western Ireland