Visions of the Future
The Distant Past, Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Seiten
1996
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-510286-4 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-510286-4 (ISBN)
In this book based on lectures originally delivered at the New York Public Library, Robert Heilbroner puts forth a theory of history stunning in its simplicity and breadth.
`This is an exceedingly long short book, stretching at least fifty thousand years into the past and who knows how many into the future...' So begins Visions of the Future, the prophetic new book by Robert Heilbroner.
Heilbroner's basic premise is stunning in its elegant simplicity. He contends that throughout all of human history there have really only been three distinct ways of looking at the future. In the Distant Past (Prehistory to the 17th century) there was no notion of a future measurably and materially different from the present or the past. In the period he calls Yesterday (1700-1950), science, capitalism, and democracy gave humanity an unwavering faith in the superiority of the future. While Today, we feel a palpable anxiety that is quite apart from both the resignation of the Distant past or the bright optimism of Yesterday.
`This is an exceedingly long short book, stretching at least fifty thousand years into the past and who knows how many into the future...' So begins Visions of the Future, the prophetic new book by Robert Heilbroner.
Heilbroner's basic premise is stunning in its elegant simplicity. He contends that throughout all of human history there have really only been three distinct ways of looking at the future. In the Distant Past (Prehistory to the 17th century) there was no notion of a future measurably and materially different from the present or the past. In the period he calls Yesterday (1700-1950), science, capitalism, and democracy gave humanity an unwavering faith in the superiority of the future. While Today, we feel a palpable anxiety that is quite apart from both the resignation of the Distant past or the bright optimism of Yesterday.
Robert Heilbroner's many books include The Worldly Philosophers, An Inquiry into the Human Prospect, and Twenty-First Century Capitalism. He was recently selected the first Scholar of the Year by the New York Council of the Humanities.
1: Preview
2: The Distant Past
3: Yesterday
4: Today
5: Tomorrow
Notes
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.5.1996 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 219 x 137 mm |
| Gewicht | 191 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Geschichtstheorie / Historik |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-510286-X / 019510286X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-510286-4 / 9780195102864 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
| Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt? |
Mehr entdecken
aus dem Bereich
aus dem Bereich
Russland, die Ukraine und der Westen
Buch | Softcover (2024)
De Gruyter (Verlag)
CHF 55,90
Geschichte und Theorie
Buch | Softcover (2024)
De Gruyter Oldenbourg (Verlag)
CHF 34,90
wie Irritationen historisches Denken anregen
Buch | Softcover (2024)
Kohlhammer (Verlag)
CHF 96,55
