Le temps du désir, le temps de l’agir et la modernité trahie.

Rosa, Hartmut. 2012, Aliénation et accélération, vers une théorie critique de la modernité tardive. Traduit par Thomas Chaumont. Paris : La Découverte.

According to Hartmut Rosa, late modernity is characterized by an insidious exhortation towards speed. However, his latest work seems prey to this exhortation too, inducing a palpable tension between the messenger and his message. In spite of this, the book offers multiple means for understanding — if not overcoming — our loss of grip on our collective and individual lives, which disowns the expectations of modernity. Disadvantaged by a lightweight beginning, the argument eventually becomes more complex and finally [...]