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High-Speed Society: Social Acceleration, Power, and Modernity, edited by Hartmut Rosa and William E. Scheuerman. University Park, PA: Perm State University Press, 2009. 313pp. $55.00 cloth. ISBN: 9780271034164.
Ever since Paul Virilio coined the term "dromology" (the study of speed) in 1977, searching for the meaning of ever speedier change has become a progressively more respectable path of scholarship. This anthology of writings dedicated solely to this topic is the first of its kind, and as such has great value, especially for readers who are unfamUiar with the major thinkers to have considered...