The Study of the Future: An Introduction to the Art and Science of Understanding and Shaping Tomorrow's World

Edward Cornish

Transaction Publishers, Jan 1, 1977 - Business & Economics - 307 pages

This 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.

Contents

• The Causes of Rapid Change: 5
• Progress and Its Discontents: 12
• The Death of Hope: 19
• The Shape of Things to Come: 40
• How the Future Became Foreboding: 68
• A New Attitude Toward the Future: 78
• Basic Principles of Futurism: 93
• Methods for Studying the Future: 103
• Futurists and Their Ideas: 127
• The FutureCreating Workshop: 147
• The PostIndustrial Society: 162
• Planetary Planner: 171
• Futuristics in Practice With Case Histories: 188
• The Coming Revolution in Education: 209
• The Uses of the Future: 217
• Contributions to Science and Thought: 224
• FutureOriented Organizations and Periodicals: 237
• A Field in Search of a Name: 254
• Notes: 283
• 21: 284
• Index: 301

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Study of the Future: An Introduction to the Art and Science of Understanding and Shaping Tomorrow's World
• Editor: Edward Cornish
• Contributor: World Future Society
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers, 1977
• ISBN: 1412839254, 9781412839259
• Length: 307 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Economics / General; Social Science / Future Studies