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

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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
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

Futurists and Their Ideas
127
The FutureCreating Workshop
147
The PostIndustrial Society
162
21
284
Index
301
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