The anthropology of the future / Rebecca Bryant, Daniel M. Knight.
Bryant, Rebecca (Professor of anthropology)| Call Number | 304.2/3 |
| Author | Bryant, Rebecca (Professor of anthropology), author. |
| Title | The anthropology of the future / Rebecca Bryant, Daniel M. Knight. |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (xi, 226 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). |
| Series | New departures in anthropology |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Mar 2019). |
| Contents | Anticipation -- Expectation -- Speculation -- Potentiality -- Hope -- Destiny. |
| Summary | Study of the future is an important new field in anthropology. Building on a philosophical tradition running from Aristotle through Heidegger to Schatzki, this book presents the concept of 'orientations' as a way to study everyday life. It analyses six main orientations - anticipation, expectation, speculation, potentiality, hope, and destiny - which represent different ways in which the future may affect our present. While orientations entail planning towards and imagining the future, they also often involve the collapse or exhaustion of those efforts: moments where hope may turn to apathy, frustrated planning to disillusion, and imagination to fatigue. By examining these orientations at different points, the authors argue for an anthropology that takes fuller account of the teleologies of action. |
| Added Author | Knight, Daniel M., author. |
| Subject | Future, The Social aspects. Time Social aspects. Expectation (Philosophy) HOPE. Opportunity. Fortune. |
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| Summary | Study of the future is an important new field in anthropology. Building on a philosophical tradition running from Aristotle through Heidegger to Schatzki, this book presents the concept of 'orientations' as a way to study everyday life. It analyses six main orientations - anticipation, expectation, speculation, potentiality, hope, and destiny - which represent different ways in which the future may affect our present. While orientations entail planning towards and imagining the future, they also often involve the collapse or exhaustion of those efforts: moments where hope may turn to apathy, frustrated planning to disillusion, and imagination to fatigue. By examining these orientations at different points, the authors argue for an anthropology that takes fuller account of the teleologies of action. |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Mar 2019). |
| Contents | Anticipation -- Expectation -- Speculation -- Potentiality -- Hope -- Destiny. |
| Subject | Future, The Social aspects. Time Social aspects. Expectation (Philosophy) HOPE. Opportunity. Fortune. |
| Multimedia |