Social order is fundamentally about how systems bind time and space

Evidence

The problem of order is here seen as one of time-space distanciation—the conditions under which time and space are organised so as to connect presence and absence. — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 44

Categorization

• XREF: This is the exact Giddens conceptual vocabulary the reader wants to map onto Stevens’s deference—presence vs. absence is his ‘faceless commitments’ groundwork. — connects to: Three mechanisms drive modernity’s dynamism and process of time-space distanciation — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 131; Microscopic everyday interactions are the threads that bind society. — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 47; The time-zone grid ignores geography and embodies imperial control — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 850 (+7 more)
• DEFINE: Defines time-space distanciation in one precise clause: the organizing of time and space to connect presence and absence.

Related

• Three mechanisms drive modernity’s dynamism and process of time-space distanciation (similarity 0.87)
• Social transactions require intersecting time-space paths at stations (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• Three mechanisms drive modernity’s dynamism and process of time-space distanciation #expands (0.70) — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 131