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By (author) Elke Seefried
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After 1945, new methods and tools for forecasting the future grew out of the dynamic developments that were taking place in science and technology. Conceptions of futures research or futures studies as approaches to forecasting, planning and envisaging the future grew out of transnational circulations of knowledge in the 1950s and 1960s. The futures field was epitomized by the perception of many possible futures to be forecast and shaped. However, during the 1970s, the limits of envisioning the future became increasingly evident. This book as the first comprehensive study on the topic focuses on the futures field in Western industrialized countries - particularly the USA and West Germany - but also takes the socialist states and global networks into its ambit. English translation and extended edition here: https: //www.berghahnbooks.com/title/SeefriedShaping Shaping Tomorrow's World tells the crucial story of how futures studies developed in West Germany, Europe, the US and within global futures networks from the 1940s to the 1980s. It charts the emergence of different approaches and thought styles within the field ranging from Cold War defense intellectuals such as Herman Kahn to critical peace activists like Robert Jungk. Engaging with the challenges of the looming nuclear war, the changing phases of the Cold War, '1968', and the growing importance of both the Global South and environmentalism, this book argues that futures scholars actively contributed to these processes of change. This multiple award-winning study combines national and transnational perspectives to present a unique history of envisioning, forecasting, and shaping the future.
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Publisher | De Gruyter
Published date | 26 Jun 2015
Language | German
Format | Hardback
Pages | 585
Dimensions | 234 x 156 x 32mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 993g
ISBN | 978-3-1103-4816-3
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BISAC | history / general
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