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The anthropology of the future / Rebecca Bryant, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands; Daniel M. Knight, University of St Andrews, Scotland

Author
Bryant, Rebecca (Professor of anthropology)
Published
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Physical Description
xi, 226 pages ; 23 cm.
Additional Creators
Knight, Daniel M.

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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.
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9781108421850 hardcover
1108421857 hardcover
9781108434379 paperback
1108434371 paperback
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Endowment Note
Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries)
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