What is Futures Studies, what are the theories and methods underlying the field? What are its basic concepts and metaphors, and how is it related to other academic fields? These are the core questions addressed in this book by a comprehensive assembly of distinguished scholars. They explore the enigma of why Futures Studies, despite its growing maturity as an intellectual endeavor, after more than three decades of groundbreaking work, still struggles for institutional acceptance. Together these contributors paint a picture of Futures Studies not so much a product of the stale intellectual heritage of the 20th century, but as a vibrant harbinger of intellectual perspectives sure to gain wider currency in the 21st. Drawing on their backgrounds in fields as diverse as political science, history, sociology, anthropology, economics, psychology, management, and human ecology, this international line-up of contributors includes world systems theorist Immanuel Wallerstein, philosopher Peter Manicas, management professor Bill Halal, and industrial sociologist Arthur Shostak.
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“The most extensive collection of essays on teaching futures studies ever assembled.”–Future Survey
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A distinguished group of futurists examine the current state of the field and assess its prospects for the future.
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- Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update by Donella H. Meadows on 7 pages
- Future Shock by Alvin Toffler on page 235, page 272, and page 356
- A Short History of the Future by W. Warren Wagar on page 89, page 90, and Back Matter
- The Future Society (Trans-Action Books) by Donald N. Michael in Front Matter, and page 77
- Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner on page 89, and page 90
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- Futures Beyond Dystopia: Creating Social Foresight (Futures and Education Series) by Richard A. Slaughter on page 37, and Back Matter
- Myth America: Democracy Vs. Capitalism by William Boyer in Back Matter
- Futuring: The Exploration of the Future by Edward Cornish in Back Matter
- Socioeconomic Democracy: An Advanced Socioeconomic System (Praeger Studies on the 21st Century) by Robley E. George in Front Matter
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