After the Future explores our century-long obsession with the concept of "the future." Beginning with F.T. Marinetti's "Futurist Manifesto" and the worldwide race toward a new and highly mechanized society that defined the "Century of Progress," highly respected media activist F…
This book deals with the connection between media and the future. It is about the imagination of futuristic media and what this says about the present, but it also shows how media are imagined as means to control the future. The book begins by describing different theories of th…
"The environmental crisis, one of the great challenges of our time, tends to disenfranchise those who come after us. Arguing that as temporary inhabitants of the earth, we cannot be indifferent to future generations, this book draws on the resources of phenomenology and poststru…
Reconsidering the natality and mortality of the human condition, this book offers novel conceptions of intergenerational justice in terms of reciprocities and the taking of turns among generations.
Part I: Introduction: Ethics and Aesthetics: Transformation in the Course of History Pol Vandevelde ( Marquette University, USA) and Arun Iyer ( Seattle University, USA) Part II: Ethics A. Ancient Ethics B. Practical Philosophy and Value Part III: Aesthetics A. Art B. Language C…
"By interrogating the terms and concepts most central to cultural change, Future Theory interrogates how theory can play a central role in dynamic transition. It demonstrates how entangled the highly politicized spheres of cultural production, scientific invention, and intellect…
"By interrogating the terms and concepts most central to cultural change, Future Theory interrogates how theory can play a central role in dynamic transition. It demonstrates how entangled the highly politicized spheres of cultural production, scientific invention, and intellect…
Most people acknowledge the profound importance of sustainability, but few can define it. We are ethically bound to live sustainably for the sake of future generations, but what does that mean? In this book Randall Curren, a philosopher, and Ellen Metzger, a scientist, clarify n…
Résumé éditeur : "The things we do today may make life worse for future generations. But why should we care what happens to people who won't be born until after all of us are gone? Some philosophers have treated this as a question about our moral responsibilities, and have argue…
The things we do today may make life worse for future generations. But why should we care what happens to people who won't be born until after all of us are gone? Some philosophers have treated this as a question about our moral responsibilities, and have argued that we have dut…
Was haben Analsex, das iPad und Barack Obama gemeinsam? Sie sind Produkte von Nextopia: der Erwartungsgesellschaft. Sie ist unsere Zukunft. Leben, Glück und Geld - nichts bleibt in ihr, wie es war! Das nächste Smartphone, der nächste Partner, der nächste Job: Es kommt immer etwa…