Senses of the Future : : Conflicting Ideas of the Future in the World Today / / Gerard Delanty.
The future has become a problem for the present. Almost every critical issue is now understood and experienced through the prism of the future since this is the primary focus for the playing out of crises. Senses of the Future offers a wide-ranging discussion of theories of the future. It covers the...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2024] ©2024 |
| Year of Publication: | 2024 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- Chapter One. Introduction: Conflicting Visions of the Future
- Chapter Two. When is the Future? The Problem of Time and the Human Condition
- Chapter Three. Lessons from the Past: What Does the Past Tell Us about the Future?
- Chapter Four. Modernity and the Concept of the Future: Utopia, Progress, and Prophecy
- Chapter Five. Ideas of the Future in the Twentieth Century: Futurism, Modernism, Sociology, and Political Theory
- Chapter Six. Critical Theory and the Future: The Sources of Transcendence
- Chapter Seven. Conclusion: In The Shadow of the Future
- Index