(P/B) THE FUTURE

Παρουσίαση

For Marc Auge, best-selling author of Non-Places, the prevailing idea of "the Future" rests on our present fears of the contemporary world. It is to the future that we look for redemption and progress; but it is also where we project our personal and apocalyptic anxieties. By questioning notions of certainty, truth, and totality, Auge finds ways to separate the future from our eternal, terrified present and liberates the mind to allow it to conceptualize our possible futures afresh. (From the publisher)

Περιεχόμενα

Individual Future and Collective Future
Outlining the Plot, Expounding the Intrigue
Inauguration
Self-Denial or Creation: Flaubert
New Fears
Innovation
Bet on the Future: Meaning, Faith, Science
An Educational Utopia
By Way of Provisional Conclusion: The Ethnologist and the Adventure of Knowledge