Cinema, the Fantastic, and Temporal Critique
by
Bliss Cua Lim
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2009
Under modernity, time is regarded as linear and measurable by clocks and calendars. Despite the historicity of clock-time itself, the modern concept of time is considered universal and culturally neutral. What Walter Benjamin called “homogeneous, empty time” founds the modern notions of progress...