The Foundations of Futures Studies Vol. 2 : Human Science for a New Era

Bell, Wendell

ISBN 10: 1560002816 / ISBN 13: 9781560002819

Published by Taylor & Francis Group, 1997

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Foundations of Futures Studies Vol. 2 : Human Science for a New Era
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1560002816
• ISBN 13: 9781560002819
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 1.603 pounds

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Synopsis

Futures studies is a new field of inquiry involving systematic and explicit thinking about alternative futures. Wendell Bell's two-volume work Foundations of Futures Studies is widely acknowledged as the fundamental work on the subject. In Volume 2, Bell goes beyond possible and probable futures to the study of preferable futures. He shows that concern with ethics, morality, and human values follows directly from the futurist purposes of discovering or inventing, examining, and proposing desirable futures. He examines moral judgments as an inescapable aspect of all decision-making and conscious action, even in the everyday lives of ordinary people.

Now available in paperback with a new preface from the author, Volume 2 of Foundations of Futures Studies moves beyond cultural relativism to critical evaluation. Bell compares depictions of the good society by utopian writers, describes objective methods of moral judgment, assesses religion and law as sources of what is morally right, documents the existence of universal human values, and shows that if human beings are to thrive in the global society of the future, some human values must be changed.

About the Authors

Wendell Bell is professor emeritus of sociology at Yale University, where he also served as chair of the department. Bell has written more than 200 articles and authored or co-authored numerous books, including Social Area Analysis, Public Leadership, and Foundations of Futures Studies (two volumes).

Wendell Bell is professor emeritus of sociology at Yale University, where he also served as chair of the department. Bell has written more than 200 articles and authored or co-authored numerous books, including Social Area Analysis, Public Leadership, and Foundations of Futures Studies (two volumes).