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John Urry What is the Future? (Hardback) (UK IMPORT)
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- Book Title
- What is the Future?
- Title
- What is the Future?
- EAN
- 9780745696539
- ISBN
- 9780745696539
- Genre
- Society & Culture
- Subject
- Social Sciences
- Release Year
- 2016
- Release Date
- 06/24/2016
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- GB
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- What Is the Future?
- Item Height
- 0.9in
- Item Length
- 9.3in
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Item Width
- 6.2in
- Item Weight
- 17.3 Oz
- 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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Polity Press
ISBN-10
0745696538
ISBN-13
9780745696539
eBay Product ID (ePID)
227731276
Product Key Features
Publication Name
What Is the Future?
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
200 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.3in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
6.2in
Item Weight
17.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Cb161.U77 2016
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It is time for progressive forces to reclaim the future. Through the crucial lens of social science, this means understanding both the past and how to better work together to craft the futures we want. This brilliant book cuts through a tangle of complexity to show us how. Stewart Wallis, New Economics Foundation John Urry, one of the leading sociologists of the past half-century, made a major contribution to the analysis of climate change and related issues, and this new book combines a comprehensive overview of the futures literature with a more detailed focus on some central themes. This learned yet very accessible book is in the best traditions of critical future studies. Anyone interested in the big questions facing our societies should read it. William Outhwaite, Newcastle University, ÂIt is time for progressive forces to reclaim the future. Through the crucial lens of social science, this means understanding both the past and how to better work together to craft the futures we want. This brilliant book cuts through a tangle of complexity to show us how. Stewart Wallis, New Economics Foundation ÂJohn Urry, one of the leading sociologists of the past half-century, made a major contribution to the analysis of climate change and related issues, and this new book combines a comprehensive overview of the futures literature with a more detailed focus on some central themes. This learned yet very accessible book is in the best traditions of critical future studies. Anyone interested in the big questions facing our societies should read it. William Outhwaite, Newcastle University
Table of Content
PREFACE 1 THE FUTURE HAS ARRIVED 2 TELLING FUTURES IN THE PAST 3 NEW CATASTROPHIC FUTURES 4 TIME AND COMPLEX SYSTEMS 5 INNOVATIONS AND FUTURES 6 ANTICIPATING FUTURES 7 MANUFACTURING FUTURE WORLDS 8 FUTURE CITIES ON THE MOVE 9 CLIMATE FUTURES 10 THE FUTURE OF FUTURES REFERENCES INDEX
Copyright Date
2016
Topic
Civilization, Sociology / General, Future Studies
Lccn
2016-001400
Dewey Decimal
303.49
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
History, Social Science
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