ABSTRACT
More recently, Bluedorn and Waller (2006) formally defined and analyzed the concept of the temporal commons,1 by formalizing an idea first introduced by Bluedorn metaphorically (2002: 255-256), and in so doing emphasized human agency, conscious and unconscious, in creating and shaping the temporal worlds (i.e., constellations of temporal dimensions) in which all people live. The present chapter extends this work on the temporal commons, using the concept as a frame within which to view human temporal beliefs and behaviors. More specifically, the frame of the temporal commons will be used to examine the modified version of St Augustine’s question just introduced: What is time becoming then? Even more specifically, the chapter focuses on the question of whether the temporal commons human beings create are becoming more homogeneous, and if they are, whether some temporal forms seem to be privileged over others, thus forming a temporal hegemony.
