Understanding social acceleration requires mapping what resists it
Evidence
In both cases they serve as a “brake” or “decelerator” in accelerating social environments. Only when we can determine their relation to the forces of acceleration will we be in a position to say in exactly what sense one can speak of an acceleration of society. Analytically, one can distinguish here five categories of deceleration or inertia that, as it were, cut across the three identified dimensions of acceleration. — Hartmut Rosa, Social Acceleration, 269
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: A theory of social acceleration must unify heterogeneous phenomena across unrelated social domains — Hartmut Rosa, Social Acceleration: A New Theory of…, 225; Social acceleration takes three analytically distinct forms — Hartmut Rosa, Social Acceleration: A New Theory of…, 65; Social acceleration is a self-reinforcing feedback loop — Hartmut Rosa, Social Acceleration: A New Theory of…, 434 (+5 more)
Broader Connections
- Understanding human behavior requires embedding it in relational context
#expands(0.85) — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality, 339 - Power processes grow social resources and detach action from natural motives
#expands(0.80) — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 634 - Social acceleration takes three analytically distinct forms
#expands(0.75) — Hartmut Rosa, Social Acceleration, 65 - Social acceleration itself erodes the preconditions for democratic self-steering
#complicates(0.75) — Hartmut Rosa, Social Acceleration, 442 - Social acceleration is a self-reinforcing feedback loop
#expands(0.72) — Hartmut Rosa, Social Acceleration, 434 - Social acceleration forces action partly as defensive running to stay current
#expands(0.72) — Hartmut Rosa, Social Acceleration, 63 - Attributing success to traits rather than position blocks social mobility
#exemplifies(0.72)