Rapid surface change can mask deep structural stagnation

Evidence

The two diagnoses of the time that appear so contradictory, social acceleration and societal rigidity, are only at first glance contrary to one another. In the memorable metaphor of a “frenetic standstill” (rasender Stillstand), which we owe to an inspired translation of Paul Virilio’s inertie polaire, they are synthesized into a posthistoire diagnosis in which the rush of historical events only provides scant cover for (and ultimately, in effect, produces) a standstill in the development of ideas and deep social structures. — Hartmut Rosa, Social Acceleration, 109 (#builds-on, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Rapid change can itself be the mechanism producing deep social standstill. — Hartmut Rosa, Social Acceleration: A New Theory of…, 109; Rapid surface change can mask a deeper structural stasis in society — Hartmut Rosa, Social Acceleration: A New Theory of…, 66

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