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What Is the Future? by John Urry
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- Book Title
- What Is the Future?
- ISBN
- 9780745696539
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- What Is the Future?
- Item Height
- 234mm
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Item Width
- 151mm
- Subject
- Social Sciences, Sociology
- Item Weight
- 480g
- Number of Pages
- 200 Pages
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Thinking about the future is essential for almost all organizations and societies. States, corporations, universities, cities, NGOs and individuals believe they cannot miss the future. But what exactly is the future? It remains a mystery perhaps the greatest mystery, especially because futures are unpredictable and often unknowable, the outcome of many factors, known and unknown. The future is rarely a simple extrapolation from the present. In this important book, John Urry seeks to capture the many efforts that have been made to anticipate, visualize and elaborate the future. This includes examining the methods used to model the future, from those of the RAND Corporation to imagined future worlds in philosophy, literature, art, film, TV and computer games. He shows that futures are often contested and saturated with different interests, especially in relation to future generations. He also shows how analyses of social institutions, practices and lives should be central to examining potential futures, and issues such as who owns the future. The future seems to be characterized by 'wicked problems'. There are multiple 'causes' and 'solutions', long-term lock-ins and complex interdependencies, and different social groups have radically different frames for understanding what is at stake. Urry explores these issues through case-studies of 3D printing and the future of manufacturing, mobilities in the city, and the futures of energy and climate change.
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Polity Press
ISBN-13
9780745696539
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Publication Name
What Is the Future?
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Social Sciences, Sociology
Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
200 Pages
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Item Height
234mm
Item Width
151mm
Item Weight
480g
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United Kingdom
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