History and Future: Using Historical Thinking to Imagine the FutureThe book reexamines this long held belief, and argues that the historical method is an excellent way to think about and represent the future. At the same time, the book asserts that futurists should not view the future as a scientist might--aiming for predictions and certainties--but rather should view the future in the same way that an historian views the past. |
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... 47 Chapter 3 Structures and Events 71 Chapter 4 Historical Imagination 101 Chapter 5 Representation 129 Conclusion Historical Thinking 153 Bibliography 161 Index 167 About the Author 175 Figures Figure 1 . A Cyclical View of Time 22 vii.
... 47 Chapter 3 Structures and Events 71 Chapter 4 Historical Imagination 101 Chapter 5 Representation 129 Conclusion Historical Thinking 153 Bibliography 161 Index 167 About the Author 175 Figures Figure 1 . A Cyclical View of Time 22 vii.
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... imagination in history , which led to many years of thought and reflection . Had David not first asked that ques- tion of me , the logic and rigor of the argument presented here would surely have been poorer . I certainly hope that my ...
... imagination in history , which led to many years of thought and reflection . Had David not first asked that ques- tion of me , the logic and rigor of the argument presented here would surely have been poorer . I certainly hope that my ...
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... imagining the future . The historian's method for representing the past is an excellent method for representing the future — in many ways better than that traditionally employed by social scientists and other scientifically minded ...
... imagining the future . The historian's method for representing the past is an excellent method for representing the future — in many ways better than that traditionally employed by social scientists and other scientifically minded ...
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... imagination , " the subject of Chapter 4. When pressed , many historians reject the role of imagination in history , claiming that his- torians do not " make things up . " History is a discipline practiced in the mind , in the ...
... imagination , " the subject of Chapter 4. When pressed , many historians reject the role of imagination in history , claiming that his- torians do not " make things up . " History is a discipline practiced in the mind , in the ...
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... imagination leadership . " Chapter 5 concludes with a consideration of " Representation . " Philoso- phers of history influenced by the so - called linguistic turn have emphasized that history is a way of using language . Some of the ...
... imagination leadership . " Chapter 5 concludes with a consideration of " Representation . " Philoso- phers of history influenced by the so - called linguistic turn have emphasized that history is a way of using language . Some of the ...
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History and Future: Using Historical Thinking to Imagine the Future David J. Staley Limited preview - 2010 |
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