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Foundations of Futures Studies: Volume 1: History, Purposes, and Knowledge(Human Science for a New Era Series)


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Futures studies is a new field of inquiry involving systematic and explicit thinking about alternative futures. It aims to demystify the future, make possibilities for the future more known to us, and increase human control over the future. Author Wendell Bell brings together futurist intellectual tools, describing and explaining not only the methods, but also the nature, concepts, theories, and exemplars of the field. Now available in paperback with a new preface from the author, Foundations of Future Studies is the fundamental work on the subject. Bell illustrates how this sphere of intellectual activity offers hope for the future of humanity and concrete ways of realizing that hope in the real world of everyday life. His book will appeal to all interested in futures studies, sociology, economics, political science, and history.

Table of Contents:
List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements Preface to the 2003 Edition Preface 1. Futures Studies: A New Field of Inquiry 2. The Purposes of Futures Studies 3. Assumptions of Futures Studies 4. Is Futures Studies an Art or a Science? 5. An Epistemology for Futures Studies:From Positivism to Critical Realism 6. Methods and Exemplars in Futures Research References Index About the Author

About the Author :
Wendell Bell is professor emeritus of sociology at Yale University, where he also served as chair of the department and was director of the Comparative Sociology Training Program. He continues at Yale as a senior research scientist in the Center for Comparative Research, and also works as a consulting futurist-sociologist. Bell has written more than 200 articles and authored or co-authored nine books, including Social Area Analysis, Public Leadership, and Ethnicity and Nation-Building.

Review :
"Foundations of Futures Studies represents the finest thinking in the field, as both an original work and a synthesis of existing work.... Destined to become a classic." - Claire W. Gilbert, editor and publisher, Blazing Tattles; "Arguably the most definitive study ever done of the future studies field and a 'must read' for futurists who want a holistic grasp of it." - William C. Johnson, Futurics; "Bell has poured all his knowledge and experience into it, which is no mean matter, and has created a work that is profound, extensive and filled with elements for reflection." - Papers de Prospectiva (Spain); "A must read for almost everyone within the social sciences." - Choice; "This book is a milestone in the development of the futures field...an ambitious attempt to capture what we know about the study of the future - Bell's version of Francis Bacon's Novum Organum." - Peter C. Bishop, Technological Forecasting and Social Change


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780765805393
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: Human Science for a New Era Series
  • Weight: 632 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0765805391
  • Publisher Date: 31 Aug 2003
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 404
  • Sub Title: Volume 1: History, Purposes, and Knowledge
  • Width: 152 mm


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