Astronomical periodicity strengthened religious monopoly over time
Evidence
The discovery of periodicity in the heavens enormously strengthened the position of religion in its control over time and continuity. — Harold Innis, The Bias of Communication, 646
Categorization
- XREF: Shows time-keeping infrastructure (calendars) as constitutive of institutional power, paralleling the reader’s interest in how clock/coordination infrastructures underwrite logistical and platform power. — connects to: Science escaped time monopolies of knowledge but succumbed to space monopolies — Harold Innis, The Bias of Communication, 804; Empire and wealth foster the development of stable religions and art forms. — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 674; Mode of production can assign dominance to politics or religion in different epochs (+1 more)
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Harold Innis, The Bias of Communication, 646
Related
- The social scale a religion can bind grows with the deity’s remoteness (similarity 0.82)
- Science escaped time monopolies of knowledge but succumbed to space monopolies (similarity 0.81)
Broader Connections
- Empire and wealth foster the development of stable religions and art forms.
#corroborates(0.55) — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 674 - Mode of production can assign dominance to politics or religion in different epochs
#expands(0.55)