The title of the journal whose 30th anniversary this essay celebrates, Time & Society, violates two of my cardinal rules for writing: first, only use “and” in lists, not as a conjunction, and, second, write out all words, do not use symbols. The elegance of the appearance of the ampersand in the title exempts it from my second rule, but what of the first rule? Strong writing demands clear and explicit composition, so ideally conjunctions delineate the connection, rather than simply suggest that there is one. The journal’s title begs the question “what about time and society?” which no doubt was the purpose that guided the founding editor, Barbara Adam. She designed the journal not simply to interrogate time or society, but to look at them together from as many different vantage points as possible, which the journal has done successfully for three decades. The open-ended invitation to study time and society has resulted in a journal that, as Adam wished, fits no academic niche. The conjunction “and” has further significance, for it is crucial to the scholarly exploration of time as part of the human experience. Time cannot stand alone as a topic of inquiry, but with an ampersand (or an “and”) it can be the anchor.

中文翻译：

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时间作为锚

这篇文章庆祝其 30 周年的期刊的标题，时间与社会，违反了我写作的两个基本规则：第一，列表中只使用“and”，而不是连词，第二，写出所有单词，不要使用符号。标题中 & 符号的优雅外观使其不受我的第二条规则的约束，但第一条规则呢？强有力的写作需要清晰明确的构图，因此理想情况下，连词描述了联系，而不是简单地暗示存在联系。该杂志的标题引出了一个问题：“时间和社会呢？” 毫无疑问，这就是指导创始编辑芭芭拉·亚当的目的。她设计这本杂志的目的不仅仅是询问时间或社会，而是从尽可能多的不同角度将它们放在一起，这本杂志已经成功地做了三十年。开放式邀请学习时间和社会产生了一份期刊，正如亚当所希望的那样，它不适合学术领域。连词“和”具有进一步的意义，因为它对于将时间作为人类经验的一部分进行学术探索至关重要。时间不能单独作为一个探究主题，但与与号（或“和”）一起，它可以成为锚。