Book

Chile's slow pace

Coordinators: Teresa Matus & Anahí Urquiza

Compilers: Estefanía Vilches & Jesús Santorcuato

Suggested quote: Matus, T., & Urquiza, A. (Coords.)., Vilches, E. & Santorcuato, J. (Comps.). (2025). El tiempo lento de Chile. Universidad de Chile.

El Tiempo Lento de Chile is based on a principle of hope understood as action and commitment, bringing together reflections that call for addressing unfulfilled agendas and paving the way for sustainable development through valuable ideas and proposals based on diverse scientific research. The text is part of a series of calls to action from different sectors, recognizing the need to build a common purpose among businesses, the government, academia, and civil society.

The book explores the tension between slow time—marked by delayed policies and programs—and the technological acceleration that transforms the contemporary experience of time. Through references to Derrida, Benjamin, Cioran, Hirschman, Mascareño, Von Wolfersdorff, Wallerstein, Streeck, Deleuze, and Pelbart, it examines the paradoxes of time, its ruptures, discontinuities, and effects on the social, political, and economic life of the country. These distinctions allow us to understand the implications of time exploding into phenomena of inclusion-exclusion, postponed crises, expectations regarding development, and the need to face scenarios of risk, uncertainty, and conflict.