Cultures of the Future
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Cultures of the Future

  1. 689 pages
  2. English
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Cultures of the Future

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Yes, you can access Cultures of the Future by Magoroh Maruyama, Arthur M. Harkins, Magoroh Maruyama,Arthur M. Harkins in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Sociology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Publisher
De Gruyter Mouton
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9789027979797
eBook ISBN
9783110800067
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Sociology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. General Editor’s Preface
  2. Foreword
  3. Introduction
  4. SECTION ONE: THE FUTURE AS A NEW DIMENSION OF ANTHROPOLOGY
  5. The Contribution of Anthropology to the Science of the Future
  6. Futuristics and the Imaging Capacity of the West
  7. Toward Human Futuristics
  8. SECTION TWO: ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSIGHTS FOR SOCIAL POLICY: WESTERN VIEWS
  9. The Possible and the Desirable: Population and Environmental Problems
  10. The Prehistory of Homo sapiens: Touchstone for the Future
  11. Ecosystems and Economic Systems
  12. Futurism in Man: Humanism, Social Technology, and Survival
  13. SECTION THREE: ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSIGHTS FOR SOCIAL POLICY: THIRD WORLD VIEWS
  14. The Concept of Heterogeneity and Change Among the Mandenka
  15. Resistance to Early Western Education in Eastern Nigeria
  16. The Relevance of African Traditional Medicine in Modern Medical Training and Practice
  17. Managing the Ecosystem of World Nations
  18. Social Determinism and Social Change: An Analysis of Alternatives for the Future Development of Papua New Guinea
  19. Discussions: Chicago
  20. Discussions: Frascati
  21. SECTION FOUR: CONCEPTUALIZATION OF THE FUTURE IN VARIOUS CULTURES
  22. Past and Future Culture Change: A Quest for Variant Explanations
  23. Ideas Concerning Maya Concepts of the Future
  24. Traditional Greek Conceptions of the Future
  25. The Future in the Past: Toward a Utopian Syntax
  26. SECTION FIVE: ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND CULTURAL TRENDS
  27. Fumbling Freely into the Future
  28. Familism and the Creation of Futures
  29. Cultural Heterogeneity in Social Systems: Its Policy Implications
  30. SECTION SIX: PERCEPTION, ACTION, RESEARCH PARADIGM, AND POLICY DESIGN
  31. Toward Polyocular Anthropology
  32. Symbiotization of Cultural Heterogeneity: Scientific, Epistemological, and Aesthetic Bases
  33. Ways of Perceiving Oneself in Urban Planning Interaction
  34. SECTION SEVEN: EDUCATION FOR THE FUTURE
  35. “The Anthropology of the Future” as an Academic Discipline
  36. Futurizing the Power Industry
  37. SECTION EIGHT: FUTURE CULTURAL ALTERNATIVES: IMAGINATIVE USE OF ANTHROPOLOGY
  38. A Future History
  39. Univaria
  40. A Socialist Alternative for the Future
  41. The State of Anthropology Today: A Comment
  42. APPENDIX: EXCERPTS FROM THE TRANSCRIPTION OF THE FIRST CULTURAL FUTURISTICS SYMPOSIUM, HELD AT THE AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION 69TH ANNUAL MEETING
  43. Biographical Notes
  44. Index of Names
  45. Index of Subjects