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The anthropology of the future
- Title
- 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)
- Publication
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Knight, Daniel M.
- Description
- xi, 226 pages; 23 cm.
- 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.
- Series Statement
- New departures in anthropology
- Uniform Title
- New departures in anthropology.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Anticipation -- Expectation -- Speculation -- Potentiality -- Hope -- Destiny.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-9376
- ISBN
- 9781108421850
- 1108421857
- 9781108434379
- 1108434371
- LCCN
- 2018046533
- OCLC
- 1079400704
- Author
- Bryant, Rebecca (Professor of anthropology), author.
- Title
- The anthropology of the future / Rebecca Bryant, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands; Daniel M. Knight, University of St Andrews, Scotland.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- New departures in anthropologyNew departures in anthropology.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Knight, Daniel M., author.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-9376