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Author: Joseph J. Corn
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 1996-05-15
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780801853999
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom Jules Verne to the Jetsons, from a 500-passenger flying wing to an anti-aircraft flying buzz-saw, the vision of the future as seen through the eyes of the past demonstrates the play of the American imagination on the canvas of the future.
Author: Lars Ole Sauerberg
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-07-27
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 1349250309
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith the canon debate, prominent in literary criticism since the early 1970s, as the sounding board, the study aims at investigating and discussing in critical perspective the function of considerations to do with canon for literary criticism at the formation stage. It focuses on the interaction between a critic's canonical preferences ('versions of the past') and his desire for improved cultural and/or aesthetic conditions ('visions of the future') in the criticism of Eliot, Leavis, Frye and Bloom.
Author: Peter J. Bowler
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2017-11-02
Total Pages: 307
ISBN-13: 1107148731
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA wide-ranging survey of predictions about the future development and impact of science and technology through the twentieth century.
Author: J Daniel Batt
Publisher: Lifeboat Foundation
Published: 2018-05-29
Total Pages: 732
ISBN-13: 9780998413129
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVisions of the Future is a collection of stories and essays including Nebula and Hugo award-winning works. In this anthology, you'll find stories and essays about artificial intelligence, androids, faster-than-light travel, and the extension of human life. You'll read about the future of human institutions and culture. But these literary works are more than just a reprisal of the classical elements of science fiction and futurism. At their core, each of these pieces has one consistent, repeated theme: us. Other Lifeboat Foundation books include The Human Race to the Future: What Could Happen - and What to Do and Prospects for Human Survival.
Author: Robert L. Heilbroner
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 146
ISBN-13: 0195344553
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHeilbroner's basic premise is stunning in its simplicity. He contends that throughout all of human history there have really only been three distinct ways of looking at the future
Author: Harvard University. Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Publisher: Harvard CMES
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780976272700
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Area studies"--and especially Middle Eastern studies--have been in a state of crisis since the spread of globalization. This volume focuses on one of the field's leading institutions, Harvard's Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES), which was founded 50 years ago to further research and teaching about a region that remains enigmatic to the U.S.
Author: Isaac Asimov
Publisher: Owl Books
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9780805001204
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIllustrations created in France to celebrate the turn of the century, show scenes depicting the future of air travel, helicopters, undersea colonies, agriculture and the radio
Author: Abraham Harold Maslow
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Published: 1996-04-10
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne of the founders of humanistic psychology, Abraham Maslow spent a lifetime developing theories that shaped not only psychology but counseling, education, social work, theology, marketing, and management as well. Indicative of his influence, Maslow's ideas on human behavior and motivation have become a part of public consciousness. At the time of his death 25 years ago, he left a vast collection of articles, essays, and letters intended for publication. Now, noted Maslow biographer Edward Hoffman has compiled the most compelling of these writings into one volume. In an array of letters, working papers, lectures, and journal entries. Maslow shares his thoughts on topics that range from self-actualization and well-being to American politics and organizational management. Hoffman provides helpful introductions to Maslow's life and work, as well as to each writing, and a handy glossary of terms used by Maslow. This valuable collection of papers also includes a foreword by Colin Wilson. Both scholars and students of personality, counseling, and humanistic psychology - as well as management, education, and social work - will discover new insights into Abraham Maslow's influential work through this important book.
Author: Thomas Lombardo
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Published: 2006-06-23
Total Pages: 476
ISBN-13: 1467805955
DOWNLOAD EBOOKContemporary Futurist Thought describes recent thinking about the future, dealing with both the hopes and the fears expressed in modern times concerning what potentially lies ahead. There are many such hopes and fears perhaps an overpowering number, competing with each other and swirling about in the collective mind of humanity. Psychologist and futurist Tom Lombardo describes this mental universe of inspiring dreams and threatening premonitions regarding the future. The book begins with an in-depth examination of the highly influential literary genre of science fiction, which Dr. Lombardo identifies as the mythology of the future. He next describes the modern academic discipline of future studies which attempts to apply scientific methods and principles to an understanding of the future. Social and technological trends in the twentieth century are then reviewed, setting the stage for an analysis of the great contemporary transformation occurring in our present world. Given the powerful and pervasive changes taking place across the globe and throughout all aspects of human life, the questions arise: Where are we potentially heading and, perhaps more importantly, where should we be heading? The final chapter provides an extensive review of different answers to these questions. Describing theories and approaches that highlight science, technology, culture, human psychology, and religion, among other areas of focus, as well as integrative views which attempt to provide big pictures of all aspects of human life, the book provides a rich and broad overview of contemporary ideas and visions about the future. In the conclusion, Dr. Lombardo assesses and synthesizes these myriad perspectives, proposing a set of key ideas central to understanding the future. This book completes the study of future consciousness begun in its companion volume, The Evolution of Future Consciousness. These two volumes, rich in historical detail and concise observations on the interrelatedness of a wide range of interdisciplinary topics, are a significant contribution to the field of future studies and a valuable resource for educators, consultants, and anyone wishing to explore the significance of thinking about the future.
Author: Edward Palmer Thompson
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 1983
Total Pages: 394
ISBN-13: 9780719010675
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