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A Tenth of a Second: A History, by Jimena CanalesReview by: Chris OtterVictorian Studies, Vol. 54, No. 2 (Winter 2012), pp. 314-316Published by: Indiana University PressStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/victorianstudies.54.2.314 .

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A Tenth of a second: A Hitory,by Jma Caals; pp. x + 269. Chcago: Uvsy o

Chcago Pss, 2009, $35.00, $25.00 pap, 22.50, 16.00 pap.

th agum ha moy has volv a acal coguao o mpoaly so a o. Mchl Foucauls The Order of Things(1966), o xampl, agu ha

moy, vyhgl, labou, laguagassum a mpoal a hsocal


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mso. wolgag Schvlbuschs The Railway Journey (1979) co ha h

acclao o xpc caus by sam alays pouc a ly ay o

pcvg h ol hough paoamc pcpo ([Uvsy o Caloa Pss,1986], 64). i h absobg suy, A Tenth of a Second: A History, Jma Caals

s a appoach o h quso o h laoshp b moy a

mpoaly hough a xploao o h ays hch vy smallus o m

mcomassum a subbo psc scc, phlosophy, a culu ha

as a oc supv a poucv (2).

Fom h m-h cuy, Caals agus, physcss a asoo-

ms bcam casgly aa o a oublg mpoal lag b a physcal v

a a obsvs aco o . ev, ssao, a pcpo usagly

o-smulaous: hc aco m complca h xpmal pocss

(72). Huma coscousss appa capabl o scg ayhg sho ha a

h o a sco; a subl, uvsal mpoaly appa o up pcpo.

th aass o hs sucu caalyz mulpl xpms, sus, a cholo-

gs sg o h aca, coc, o cavly xplo aco m. O h

o ha, asoomcal obsvaos, h sjucu b physcal v a

huma spos ha o um h cbly o aa a hypohss. O

h oh ha, comphso o hs a mpoal sucu om h physo-

logcal o pcpual bass o aly cmac chologs. th h o a sco as

scapabl a ambval.

Caalss cal agum s ha mcom up a mulu o

scc a culual phoma, a a ga sgh o h book s h caul,

uac xploao o hs moms o mgc a h smgly lss

bas hy ga. th hsoy sh vals s complx a supsg. Fo xampl,

h 1873 as o Vus as o b mo accualy co ha pvous

ass, bu h-o-a-sco obsvaoal gaps, compou by vual osy-

cass, pouc uagly scoa suls. i moy as o b mak by

accua masum, h mcom ha o uavl h pojc. Hc ch-

ologs (lk Juls Jasss phoogaphc volv) a coco masums

vlop o ovcom h poblm. Y hs as o smpl placm o allbl

huma sss h pcabl machc os, sc chologs pouc

suls. i, by 1881, ags o plaay phoma back

vogu. ths ags, spcally hos o Lopol touvlo, a o cos-abl ashc aaco a s a a bauully pouc h. i u, h

asho o huma gaphcal masums as ovak by a av o cholo-

gs aga po by Jass. th sos b Jass a touvlo

blam o h las aly ah 1895; Caals os o los sgh o h vy

psoal a mooal saks o hs bas. th ovall hsoy h s ola

a acous, a hsoy o huma all bly paally sups by chologs hch

hmslvs ha a usag cy o al.

i sho, mcom as a poucv poblmac ulyg a vay

o scc a phlosophcal bas. A ms, h acably o mpoaly

ha paalyss, a som scss, such as Aolph-Mos Bloch, sm osuggs h poblmac as solubl. Caals coclus h suy h a valg

appasal o h amous bas b Alb es a H Bgso o h


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au o m. Sh ss ou o habla Bgso, ho s o pc as havg

msusoo lavsm. isa, sh suggss, Bgso smply ah o a

phlosophcal a qualav cocpo o m, o o ully compabl h la-vy. Fo Caals, Bgsos as ly kpg h a mo ocus o

subjcv lag. ths povs gug hsocal cox o oh c amps o

appas Bgso, such as Sbasa Olma a Kosas Koukouzlss acl Ls

(r-)emgcs (Theory, Culture and Society24.6 [2007]).

ths s a ch a ascag suy, hch cas Caals o all ks o

sg aas. Fo xampl, aco m aalyss paook o la-h-

cuy scc a ahopologcal acsm. rcha Ma Bach, o xampl,

agu ha so-call o acs ha sho aco ms, h mplcao bg

ha mpoal lay as mo poouc h ws, phaps umg h

pupo uvsalsm o mcom: h psoal quao mgh b culually ov-

m. raco m xpms also ha ccal mla y mplcaos. Caals

xams wol wa i, h avao plos a gus aco ms s.

Such aalyss o lm o h vsual alm; som sus amp o y

hshols byo hch pacula smlls bcam scbl. As hs xampls

suggs, Caals gs p o h hsoy o euopa scc, okg sval

laguags a xplcag h ok o may mo o ogo gus.

Caals succssully maks h agum ha mcom as a cal pob-

lmac h-cuy scc. wh sh s phaps lss succssul, hov, s

som o h boa clams. i h ouco, sh sas ha sa o suyg

h h o a sco inmoy, my am s o usa h h o a sco as

moy (14). ths s a bol a ambous clam, hch, o hs a a las, as

o ully mosa. i coas h h scupulous a uac os ls-

h h x, moy sl mas ah loosly . to uly mosa

ha mcom wasmo som sc a all-mbacg asho, o oul

hav o xplo s cocos h oh ky vlopms o h mo po, lk

lag-scal capalsm o h puav ms o lgo.

ths s, hov, lss a ccsm ha a fco o h llcual spac hs

absobg book has op up. A Tenth of a Second, lk h al ok o Joaha

Cay, has val h msos o h hsos o scc, pcpo, a

psychology. wh s sophsca, coss-scplay ocus, A Tenth of a Secondsvs

h s possbl ashp.Chris Otter

The Ohio State University

a tenth of a second review chris otter

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