Time-binding cultures value history, ritual symbols, and rooted community

Evidence

To space-binding cultures he opposed time-binding cultures: cultures with interests in time—history, continuity, permanence, contraction; whose sym- bols were fiduciary—oral, mythopoetic, religious, ritualistic; and whose com- munities were rooted in place—intimate ties and a shared historical culture. The genius of social policy, he thought, was to serve the demands of both time and space; to use one to prevent the excesses of the other: to use historicism to check the dreams of reason and to use reason to control the passions of memory. — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 624

Categorization

• DEFINE: Completes the space/time-binding typology; the balance prescription is the political payoff.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 624
• XREF: connects to: Cultural reverence in a provincial city can anchor its inhabitants identity — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 196; The ritual view of communication maintains society in time through shared beliefs — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 161; Modern Western history moved from time-bias toward space-bias — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 621 (+19 more)

Broader Connections

• Communication media bias societies toward either spatial expansion or temporal continuity #expands (0.90) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 542
• The ritual view of communication maintains society in time through shared beliefs #corroborates (0.85) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 161
• Modern Western history moved from time-bias toward space-bias #expands (0.75) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 621