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Ziauddin Sardar

Future

All That Matters

Ziauddin Sardar

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English
John Murray Learning
14 January 2014
Social forecasting, future studies; Economic forecasting
Series: All That Matters
In FUTURE: ALL THAT MATTERS, Ziauddin Sardar shows that thinking and speculating about the future has always been a part of human history, but exploring the future in a systematic and scientific way is a recent phenomenon.

What is known variously as 'future studies', 'futurology' or 'foresight' emerged as a discipline only during the last few decades. The study of the future, however, is not only about 'predicting' or 'forecasting' the future, which is always a perilous exercise. It is also about appreciating the potentials and possibilities, as well as risks and threats, lurking over the horizon. It can enable us both to avoid the dangers as well as shape a viable and desirable future.

This book explores the exciting field of futures studies, and shows how knowledge of the future is acquired and put into practice. It examines various methods for studying the future, with the emphasis not so much on predicting specific events but on delineating alternative paths to the future. We look at some celebrated readings of the future as well as case studies where exploration of the future has been used to shape policy and planning in businesses and communities, international organisations and regional institutions, and interest and lobby groups. Finally, the book suggests why and how in an increasingly complex, uncertain and diverse world, the study of the future can help people recover their agency and help them to create the world in which they wish to live.

This fascinating, very readable book will appeal to students and general readers, giving a fascinating introduction to thinking about the future - and what matters most about it.
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Imprint:   John Murray Learning
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   1
Dimensions:   Height: 176mm,  Width: 128mm,  Spine: 14mm
Weight:   232g
ISBN:   9781444190045
ISBN 10:   1444190040
Series:   All That Matters
Pages:   160
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Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  ELT Advanced ,  Primary
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Ziauddin Sardar, writer, broadcaster and cultural critic, is Professor of Law and Society, Middlesex University. He was editor of Futures, the monthly journal of policy, planning and futures studies, from 1999 to 2011. Described as 'Britain's own Muslim polymath', He has worked as a science journalist for Nature and New Scientist, as reporter for London Weekend Television and Channel 4 and has made numerous television and radio programmes for the BBC. A former columnist on the New Statesman, he is widely known as a public intellectual and appears frequently on radio and television. Currently, he is Consulting Editor of Futures.

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