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Author Adam, Barbara, 1945-

Title Future matters : action, knowledge, ethics / by Barbara Adam and Chris Groves.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.
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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 218 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Supplements to The study of time ; v. 3
Supplements to The study of time ; v. 3.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-210) and indexes.
Contents List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Prologue; Chapter One Introduction; Chapter Two The Future Told; Chapter Three The Future Tamed; Chapter Four Futures Traded; Chapter Five Futures Transformed; Chapter Six Futures Traversed; Chapter Seven Futures Thought; Chapter Eight Futures Tended; Chapter Nine Futures Transcended; Epilogue; Glossary of Key Terms; Bibliography; Name Index; Subject Index.
Summary In a social world whose pace continues to accelerate the future becomes an increasingly difficult terrain. While the focus of social life is narrowing down to the present, the futures we create on a daily basis cast ever longer shadows. This book addresses this paradox and its deep ethical implications.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Time -- Sociological aspects.
Time -- Sociological aspects.
Forecasting.
Forecasting.
Social action.
Social action.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Groves, Chris.
Other Form: Print version: Adam, Barbara, 1945- Future matters. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007 9789004161771 9004161775 (DLC) 2007037028 (OCoLC)171613920
ISBN 9789047422594 (electronic book)
9047422597 (electronic book)
9789004161771 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
9004161775 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
Standard No. 10.1163/ej.9789004161771.i-218
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