ISBN:
9780203465158
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (333 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Series Statement:
Futures and Education
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Print version Futures beyond dystopia
DDC:
303.49
Keywords:
Social prediction
;
Forecasting
;
Social prediction
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
How can dystopian futures help provide the motivation to change the ways we operate day to day? Futures Beyond Dystopia takes the view that the dominant trends in the world suggest a long-term decline into unliveable Dystopian futures. The human prospect is therefore very challenging, yet the perception of dangers and dysfunctions is the first step towards dealing with them. The motivation to avoid future dangers is matched by the human need to create plans and move forward. These twin motivations can be very powerful and help to stimulate the fields of Futures Studies and Applied Foresight. This analysis of current Futures practice is split into six sections: * The Case Against Hegemony * Expanding and Deepening a Futures Frame * Futures Studies and the Integral Agenda * Social Learning through Applied Foresight * Strategies and Outlooks * The Dialectic of Foresight and Experience. This fascinating book will stimulate anyone involved in Futures work around the world and will challenge practitioners and others to re-examine many of their assumptions, methodologies and practices.
Abstract:
BookCover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART 1 Aspects of futures enquiry -- Chapter 1 A twenty-first-century agenda -- Chapter 2 Are there futures beyond Dystopia? -- Chapter 3 Professional standards in futures work -- Part 2 The case against hegemony -- Chapter 4 Three pop futurist texts -- Chapter 5 Perils of breadth American style -- Part 3 Expanding and deepening a futures frame -- Chapter 6 Beyond the mundane -- Chapter 7 Changing methods and approaches in Futures Studies -- Part 4 Futures Studies and the integral agenda -- Chapter 8 Transcending flatland -- Chapter 9 A new framework for environmental scanning -- Chapter 10 Knowledge creation, futures methods and the integral agenda -- Chapter 11 Towards integral futures -- Part 5 Social learning through applied foresight -- Chapter 12 Futures Studies to social foresight -- Chapter 13 Emergence of futures into the educational mainstream -- Chapter 14 Creating and sustaining second-generation Institutions of Foresight -- Chapter 15 Foresight in a social context -- Part 6 Strategies and outlooks -- Chapter 16 A 'great transition' or many? -- Chapter 17 Futures Studies as a civilizational catalyst -- Conclusion The dialectic of foresight and experience -- Notes -- Annotated futures bibliography -- Index.
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