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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Human Science for a New Era Wendell Bell. With a new preface by the author Wendell Bell FOUNDATIONS of FUTURES STUDIES History , Purposes , and Knowledge Human Science for a New Era Volume 1 FOUNDATIONS FUTURES STUDIES. Front Cover.
Human Science for a New Era Wendell Bell. FOUNDATIONS FUTURES STUDIES FOUNDATIONS of FUTURES STUDIES History , Purposes , and Knowledge.
Human Science for a New Era Wendell Bell. FOUNDATIONS of FUTURES STUDIES History , Purposes , and Knowledge Human Science for a New Era Volume 1 With a new preface by the author Wendell Bell ta Transaction Publishers New Brunswick ( U.S.A. ) ...
... Purposes of Futures Studies 73 3. Assumptions of Futures Studies 115 4. Is Futures Studies an Art or a Science ? 165 5. An Epistemology for Futures Studies : From Positivism to Critical Realism 191 6. Methods and Exemplars in Futures ...
... Purposes , and Knowledge , " for people who wish to educate them- selves for tomorrow , who want to understand the alternative possibilities for the coming future , and who want actively to control their future rather than merely accept ...
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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 |