Cultures of the Future / / ed. by Arthur M. Harkins, Magoroh Maruyama.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Social Sciences - <1990
• MitwirkendeR: BACON, EDMUND,; BENELLO, C. GEORGE,; BOULDING, ELISE,; CAMARA, SORY,; GERLACH, LUTHER P.,; GHABBOUR, SAMIR I.,; GIFFORD, JAMES C.,; HARKINS, ARTHUR M.,; IMSLAND, DONALD O.,; JACOBS, SUE-ELLEN,; KEUR, DOROTHY L.,; LADUE, RUSSELL,; LEFFERTS, H. L.,; MARUYAMA, MAGOROH,; MCKNIGHT, ROBERT Κ.,; MEAD, MARGARET,; MOULIK, Τ. K.,; NDETI, KIVUTO,; NWA-CHIL, CHUDI C.,; POLGAR, STEVEN,; RUYLE, EUGENE E.,; SHERARTS, I. KAREN,; SHUMAN, JACK N.,; TOFFLER, ALVIN,; VLACHOS, EVAN,; WESCOTT, ROGER W.,; WILDEN, ANTHONY,; WOODS, RICHARD G.,
• HerausgeberIn: Harkins, Arthur M.,; Maruyama, Magoroh,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2011]; ©1978
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: Reprint 2011
• Language: English
• Series: World Anthropology : An Interdisciplinary Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (667 p.)
• Other title: I-IV --; General Editor's Preface --; Foreword --; Introduction --; SECTION ONE The Future as a New Dimension of Anthropology --; The Contribution of Anthropology to the Science of the Future --; Futuristics and the Imaging Capacity of the West --; Toward Human Futuristics --; SECTION TWO Anthropological Insights for Social Policy: Western View --; The Possible and the Desirable: Population and Environmental Problems --; The Prehistory of Homo sapiens: Touchstone for the Future --; Ecosystems and Economic Systems --; Futurism in Man: Humanism, Social Technology, and Survival --; SECTION THREE Anthropological Insights for Social Policy: Third World Views --; The Concept of Heterogeneity and Change Among the Mandenka --; Resistance to Early Western Education in Eastern Nigeria --; The Relevance of African Traditional Medicine in Modern Medical Training and Practice --; Managing the Ecosystem of World Nations --; Social Determinism and Social Change: An Analysis of Alternatives for the Future Development of Papua New Guinea --; Discussions: Chicago --; Discussions: Frascati --; SECTION FOUR Conceptualization of the Future in Various Cultures --; Past and Future Culture Change: A Quest for Variant Explanations --; Ideas Concerning Maya Concepts of the Future --; Traditional Greek Conceptions of the Future --; The Future in the Past: Toward a Utopian Syntax --; SECTION FIVE Anthropological Perspectives of Social Movements and Cultural Trends --; Fumbling Freely into the Future --; Familism and the Creation of Futures --; Cultural Heterogeneity in Social Systems: Its Policy Implications --; SECTION SIX Perception, Action, Research Paradigm, and Policy Design --; Toward Polyocular Anthropology --; Symbiotization of Cultural Heterogeneity: Scientific, Epistemological, and Aesthetic Bases --; Ways of Perceiving Oneself in Urban Planning Interaction --; SECTION SEVEN Education for the Future --; "The Anthropology of the Future" as an Academic Discipline --; Futurizing the Power Industry --; SECTION EIGHT Future Cultural Alternatives: Imaginative Use of Anthropology --; A Future History --; Univaria --; A Socialist Alternative for the Future --; The State of Anthropology Today: A Comment --; APPENDIX --; Biographical Notes --; Index of Names --; Index of Subjects
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110800067; 9783110637922
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110800067
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Arthur M. Harkins, Magoroh Maruyama.