Lavasani Model 365 _ 8 :Manifesto of Time: Break the Clock

Introduction: The Necessity of a Dual Approach Time is a concept that cannot be fully understood with a single language. Any attempt to reduce it to purely scientific language eliminates the lived experience, and any effort to render it poetically obscures the historical, cultural, and power structures embedded within it. For this reason, this article is written with a dual approach: First, a literary and poetic reading that analyzes language, imagery, the body, and human experience. Second, a philosophical, historical, and sociological analysis that examines why humans are trapped in time, the necessity of creating temporal systems, and the role of power, economy, and society. These two layers complement each other and interpret one another; the poem is the starting point, and philosophy provides the response, analysis, and explanation. Article Summary This article adopts a dual approach to analyze time both from a literary and poetic perspective and through a philosophical, historical, and sociological lens. The poem “Break the Clock” serves as the starting point, illustrating the human experience of time, the psychological pressure, and the anxiety associated with temporal captivity. In the philosophical section, the article examines the theories of Henri Bergson (lived time vs. mechanical time), Norbert Elias (time as a social construct), Michel Foucault (time and bodily discipline), Lewis Mumford (the clock and industrial civilization), and Marshall Sahlins (societies without linear time). The article concludes that human time is not a natural fact but a combination of lived experience, social contracts, disciplinary mechanisms, economic logic, and the elimination of alternative temporal orders. Both the poem and the philosophical analysis demonstrate that humanity’s entrapment in time is a historical and cultural phenomenon, and the ultimate goal of this manifesto and article is to dissolve the fear imposed by institutionalized time. Suggested Tags Time Human experience Lived time (Durée) Social construct of time Henri Bergson Norbert Elias Michel Foucault Lewis Mumford