Scanning the Future 20 Eminent Thinkers Write about the World of Tomorrow

Name: Scanning the Future 20 Eminent Thinkers Write about the World of Tomorrow
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ISBN: 9780500280454

ISBN-10: 0500280452

ISBN-13: 9780500280454

Edition: 1999

Authors: Yorick Blumenfeld

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Scanning the Future presents a selection of 20 articles from distinguished writers and thinkers, including four Nobel Prize winners. The articles discuss humanistic possibilities for improvement and change in a range of fields.

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List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Introduction	p. 7
Methodologies and Approaches
The Political Order and Foreseeability	p. 26
Eros and Planning	p. 38
Transitions to a More Sustainable World	p. 60
Technology, Industrialization, and the Idea of Progress in America	p. 80
Perspectives	p. 96
Studying the Future	p. 108
The Next Three Futures	p. 120
Caring for the Future	p. 130
Interlude
The Futurological Congress	p. 150
January First	p. 164
Challenging Perspectives
Scientific Humanism and Religion	p. 168
After the End of Social Engineering and The Spiritualization of Economic Life	p. 178
Prospect: On Being Fully Human	p. 192
The Centerless Whole	p. 202
Democracy Means Paying Attention	p. 216
Address to the General Assembly of the United Nations 1994	p. 236
The Evolution of Progress	p. 242
A Refuge and a Hope and The Limits of Utopia	p. 256
Apocalyptics and Realism	p. 276
What Can We Know About the Universe?	p. 294
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