The Study of the Future: An Introduction to the Art and Science of Understanding and Shaping Tomorrow's WorldThis unique reference work - the companion volume to The Study of the Future- is designed to make the tools of future studies accessible to the general public as well as to professional futurists. Here for the first time in a single, convenient format are the organizations, individuals, books and periodicals, current research projects, educational programs, films, audio-tapes, and other resources that can help anyone concerned with exploring alternatives for the future. |
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Indhold
Realities and Bugaboos | 21 |
The Shape of Things to Come | 40 |
The Discovery of the Future | 51 |
How the Future Became Foreboding | 68 |
A New Attitude Toward the Future | 78 |
iii | 87 |
Basic Principles of Futurism | 93 |
Methods for Studying the Future | 103 |
Futuristics in Practice With Case Histories | 188 |
The Coming Revolution in Education | 209 |
The Uses of the Future | 217 |
A World of Utopias | 229 |
FutureOriented Organizations and Periodicals | 237 |
A Field in Search of a Name | 254 |
Notes | 283 |
| 301 | |
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The Study of the Future: An Introduction to the Art and Science of ... Edward Cornish Ingen forhåndsvisning - 1977 |
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What I Have Learned: Thinking about the Future Then and Now Michael Marien,Lane Jennings Uddragsvisning - 1987 |
Bibliografiske oplysninger
| Titel | The Study of the Future: An Introduction to the Art and Science of Understanding and Shaping Tomorrow's World |
| Redaktør | Edward Cornish |
| Bidragyder | World Future Society |
| Udgiver | Transaction Publishers, 1977 |
| ISBN | 1412839254, 9781412839259 |
| Længde | 307 sider |
| Eksporter henvisning | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |