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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... of some of the best ( and , occasionally , some of the worst ) work in the futures field and discuss some of the scenarios of alternative futures for human society that they produce . Throughout xvii Preface to the 2003 Edition.
... produce what will , in fact , become the actual future . In this book , then , and in the volume to follow on ... produced concepts , theories , methods , and substantive principles that can be placed between the covers of a book ( as I ...
... produced three reports , the first in September 1999 and the third in February 2001. The first report dealt with global trends and how the world will likely evolve over the next twenty - five years and their relevance for U.S. national ...
... produce it , even to anticipate things that have never ex- isted before in human history . With this first volume of Foundations of Futures Studies , I aim to take a step toward the day when futures studies will become a basic part of ...
... with presently observed events and , then , taken to portend similar consequences for the future . Ancient diviners made ob- servations , continually corrected them , and produced " a 2 Foundations of Futures Studies.
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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 |