Type Identification and Correction Strategies for Graduate Students' Temporal Anxiety in an Accelerating Society

Driven by the logic of accelerated modernization, graduate students are increasingly caught in the structural predicament of temporal anxiety. Based on Hartmut Rosa's Socially Accelerated Critical Theory, combined with Foucault's Disciplinary Power Theory and Byung-Chul Han's Achievement Society Theory, this study employs netnography to conduct a qualitative analysis of graduate students' temporal experiences on the Xiaohongshu platform. The findings reveal that graduate students' temporal anxiety manifests in three pathological forms: "desertification of time, " "disciplining of time, " and "involution of time, " which correspond to energy depletion and loss of meaning, moralization of efficiency and self-judgment, as well as competitive attrition and lack of subjectivity, respectively. Further analysis indicates that the institutional, technological, and cultural driving forces of the academic system jointly construct a "speed cage." Finally, drawing on Rosa's "resonance theory, " this study proposes several possible pathways to restore a healthy temporality through individual enlightenment, institutional reform, and cultural reconstruction, aiming to provide theoretical reference and practical insights for alleviating graduate students' temporal anxiety and returning education to its essence of human development.