Türk ve Japon Modernleşmesi: 'Uygarlık Süreci' - Birikim

212■Time: Modern and postmodernIn this article, the issue of time is problematised at several levels. First of all, thesocial meaning of time and the ways in which this meaning has been organisedhistorically are evaluated. Secondly, the relation between time and ways of productionis considered in a modernist sense. Thirdly, the philosophers who considerthe subjectivity of time are described.Despite the fact that the philosophers who reflect on time are evaluated, thisarticle does not focus on the nature of time per se. Therefore, the transformationsin the perception of time are discussed at philosophical, social and political-economylevels. According to these levels, our arguments in this study areas follows: (1) There is a positive theoretical emphasis on “present time” nowadays;(2) The comprehension of subjective time came to dominate the comprehensionof objective time; (3) Futurism seems to be getting weaker while utopianismis in decline; (4) The “past” is perceived not as absolute truths but as regulatednarratives in postmodernism; (5) Time is dealt with spatiality; (6) Thelinear conception of time has been questioned and its connections with theproject of modernism has been problematised. These arguments can enableone to construct a framework in which to think to about the continuities anddiscontinuities on modernist and postmodernist comprehensions of time.