What are the most radical transformations on the horizon of our world? And how are they irreversibly altering our experience of time, movement, language, mind, body, virtuality, power, and nature?
Cloaked in relative obscurity, future eras compel the invention of new techniques of visionary speculation. Future's Theory provides many, shining a light on the infinity of possible futurities from multiple astonishing perspectives. Exploring how we imagine new ages in the 21st century, the book examines how alternate future dimensions will affect everything from our culture to our politics, our bodies to our minds.
Filled with original work from over 20 prominent thinkers in the domains of literature, philosophy, visual art, architecture, design, media studies, ecology, anthropology, it features immersive entries on phenomena including artificial intelligence, virtual reality, mass migration, speed, climate, geo-engineering, and automation. Contemplating the variables that will expand and distort these fields, Future's Theory opens up a new atmosphere for thought itself in the epochs to come.
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Topic
PhilosophySubtopic
Humanism in PhilosophyTable of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Content
- Prologue
- Prologue Enter Future
- Enter Future
- Part I: Seven Prophecies of the Future
- Chimera
- Chapter 1: Chimera
- Cipher
- Chapter 2: Cipher
- Temple
- Chapter 3: Temple
- Reign
- Chapter 4: Reign
- Oracle
- Chapter 5: Oracle
- Surface
- Chapter 6: Surface
- Idol
- Chapter 7: Idol
- Part II: Future Labs
- Future Time
- Chapter 8: Future Time Lab: Concepts: Speed, Memory, Death
- Future Space
- Chapter 9: Future Space Lab: Concepts: Atmosphere, Dimension, The Infinite
- Future Movement
- Chapter 10: Future Movement Lab: Concepts: Wandering, Migration, the Border
- Future Body Lab
- Chapter 11: Future Body Lab: Concepts: Sensation, Metamorphosis, Desire
- Future Image
- Chapter 12: Future Image Lab: Concepts: The Vital, the Visionary, the Artwork
- Future Illusion
- Chapter 13: Future Illusion: Concepts: Dream, Hallucination, Simulation
- Future Cosmos
- Chapter 14: Future Cosmos Lab: Concepts: Nature, Animality, The Geoscape
- Future Thought
- Chapter 15: Future Thought Lab: Concepts: Consciousness, Perception, Imagination
- Future Machine
- Chapter 16: Future Machine Lab: Concepts: The Digital, the Cybernetic, the Artificial
- Future Power
- Chapter 17: Future Power Lab: Concepts: Struggle, Spectacle, Utopia
- Future Fashion
- Chapter 18: Future Fashion Lab: Concepts: Appearance, Touch, Materiality
- Future Virtual
- Chapter 19: Future Virtual: Concepts: Immersion, Escape, Hyper-Reality
- Future Violence
- Chapter 20: Future Violence Lab: Concepts: Decay, Terror, Poison
- Future Mysticism
- Chapter 21: Future Mysticism Lab: Concepts: Ritual, Sacrifice, Eternity
- Future Prophecy
- Chapter 22: Future Prophecy Lab: Concepts: Speculation, Question, Return
- Future X
- Chapter 23: Future X Lab: Concepts: ?
- Non-Future
- Chapter 24: Non-Future Lab: Concepts: Threat, Disappearance, Destruction
- Part III: Future Library
- Chapter 25: The Cosmological Archive
- Epilogue: Exit Future
- Notes
- Contributors
- Index
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