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Le culte de l'urgence : la société malade du temps

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  • Nicole Aubert

    (ESCP Europe - Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris)

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" Pas le temps " ! À la métaphore traditionnelle du temps qui s'écoule a succédé depuis peu celle d'un temps qui s'accélère, un temps qui nous échappe sans cesse et dont le manque nous obsède. Avec l'avènement de la communication instantanée et sous la dictature du " temps réel " qui régit l'économie, notre culture temporelle est en train de changer radicalement. L'urgence a envahi nos vies : il nous faut réagir " dans l'instant ", sans plus avoir le temps de différencier l'essentiel de l'accessoire. Ce règne du court terme produit des effets contrastés. Certains, " shootés " à l'urgence, ont besoin de ce rythme pour se sentir exister intensément. Dans d'autres cas, le climat de pression est tel qu'il corrode les individus qui déconnectent brutalement ou sombrent dans la dépression. Plus globalement, que ce soit dans le domaine de la famille, de la quête spirituelle, des modes de thérapie ou même de la littérature, le règne du temps court supplante celui du temps long. Dans une société fonctionnant souvent sur l'unique registre de la réactivité, se dessine ainsi le visage d'un nouveau type d'individu, flexible, pressé, collant aux exigences de l'instant ou à la jouissance qu'il procure, et cherchant dans l'intensité du moment une immédiate éternité.The metaphor that time goes by has been recently followed by the one that time condenses and accelerates, time consistently slips through our fingers and the lack of which obsesses us. Urgency invades ou rlives: we have to react instantaneously, no longer having the time to differentiate what is essential from what is accessory. This book presents a reflection ont the human impacts of urgency in different domains of society; economy, the working world, family, literature, spirutal pursuits or therapy methods.

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  • Nicole Aubert, 2003. "Le culte de l'urgence : la société malade du temps," Post-Print hal-02298037, HAL.
  • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-02298037
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