Foundations of Futures Studies, Volume 1: Human Science for a New EraTransaction Publishers - 408 من الصفحات Futures studies is a new field of inquiry involving systematic and explicit thinking about alternative futures. It aims to demystify the future, make possibilities for the future more known to us, and increase human control over the future. This book summarizes and expands contributions of futurists to the envisioning power and well-being of humanity. Bell brings together futurist intellectual tools, describing and explaining not only the methods, but also the nature, concepts, theories, and exemplars of the field. "Foundations of Futures Studies "fulfills Bell's five main purposes for writing this two-volume effort: (1) to show that futures studies, like other fields from anthropology to zoology, exists as an identifiable sphere of intellectual activity; (2) to create a teaching instrument that can be used as a basic text for core courses in futures studies; (3) to futurize the thinking of specialists in other disciplines; (4) to contribute to the further development and improvement of futures studies; and (5) to provide tools to empower both ordinary people and leaders to act in ways that create better futures for themselves and their societies. Bell maintains that despite its sometimes doomsday rhetorical style and widespread use by special interests, futures studies offers hope for the future of humanity and concrete ways of realizing that hope in the real world of our everyday lives. It will appeal to all interested in futures studies, as well as sociologists, economists, political scientists, and historians. |
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... futurists . They have been most gen- erous in giving me their support and help on this book , even though in some cases it competes with their own projects and in nearly all cases intrudes onto their intellectual turf . I wish to thank ...
... futurists who are creating it . Also , I wrote it for social scientists and other professionals , hoping that they might be persuaded to devote more of their time to the study of the future and more of their efforts to bringing futures ...
... futurists to raise people's consciousness about the range of alternative possibilities for the future , to illustrate the importance of futures thinking for making the right choices to reach a desirable future , and to remind all of us ...
... futurist consultants , some corporations have their own in - house futures research units and some , such as Motorola , even during these times of executive crime and corporate accounting fraud , have worked with futurists and others to ...
... futurists have warned about how technological advances— for example , the ability to manipulate biological systems , including hu- man genetics -- have outpaced the development of ethical rules to guide what we ought to do and what we ...
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The Purposes of Futures Studies | 73 |
Assumptions of Futures Studies | 115 |
Is Futures Studies an Art or a Science? | 165 |
Methods and Exemplars in Futures Research | 239 |