Sacred time resolves the mismatch between finite lifetimes and unlimited world time

Evidence

In almost all developed cultures the problem of reconciling this discrepancy is solved by the introduction of a fourth level of time through the notion of a sacred time. This “holy time” over arches the linear time of life and history, establishes its beginning and its end, and sublates life history and world history in a common, higher, and, so to speak, timeless time. — Hartmut Rosa, Social Acceleration, 98

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to Eliade’s sacred vs. profane time and to Durkheim’s account of religion resolving individual-society tension already in the reader’s knowledge base. — connects to: Cultures solve the mismatch of mortal life and endless world time with sacred time. — Hartmut Rosa, Social Acceleration: A New Theory of…, 98

Broader Connections

• Cultures solve the mismatch of mortal life and endless world time with sacred time. #corroborates (0.97) — Hartmut Rosa, Social Acceleration, 98