{"product_id":"patriarchs-of-time-dualism-in-saturn-cronus-father-time-the-watchmaker-god-and-father-christmas-paperback-1","title":"Patriarchs of Time: Dualism in Saturn-Cronus, Father Time, the Watchmaker God, and Father Christmas - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSamuel L. Macey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExploring the personifications of time by which Western civilization has ordered its attitudes toward both earthly existence and eternity, \u003ci\u003ePatriarchs of Time\u003c\/i\u003e traces the lineage of time's gods from the deities of ancient Mesopotamia and Persia through the pantheons of Greece and Rome, the Christian Father Time, and the brief reign of the Newtonian Watchmaker God to the consumerist Santa Claus who holds sway over the year's end celebrations of our own day. Each of these patriarchs, Samuel L. Macey shows, has embodied dualisms that reflect the dilemma in the Western mind between the joys and woes of our brief time on earth and the promise of eternal life or eternal punishment in the hereafter. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSanta Claus is today, effectively, the sole inheritor of Saturn's old midwinter festival, but Macey suggests that it remains to be seen whether he will fully manifest the dualism that has always characterized the West's patriarchs of time, and whether our present consumerist saturnalia will regain the spiritual message of hope and eternal life that has always been a part of time's dominion.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSAMUEL L. MACY is an emeritus professor of English at the University of Victoria, where he was also the Dean of Graduate Studies. He is founder of the English Literary Studies Monograph Series and a former president of the International Society for the Study of Time. Among his books are \u003ci\u003eClocks and the Cosmos: Time in Western Life and Thought\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Dynamics of Progress: Time, Method, and Measure \u003c\/i\u003e(Georgia), \u003ci\u003eTime: A Bibliographic Guide\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEncyclopedia of Time\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.53 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42597368103008,"sku":"9780820337975","price":67.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/UEovVzM4OVNnb05Jb00vOEhvYkx0Zz09.webp?v=1771757733","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/patriarchs-of-time-dualism-in-saturn-cronus-father-time-the-watchmaker-god-and-father-christmas-paperback-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}