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Contemporary futures : perspectives from social anthropology / edited by Sandra Wallman.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- A.S.A. monographs ; 30.
- A.S.A. monographs ; 30
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Anthropology--Forecasting.
- Anthropology.
- Industries--Social aspects--Forecasting.
- Industries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (244 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Contemporary Futures explores the implications of visualising the future and the consequences this has on the present and on our relationship with other cultures.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Contemporary Futures; The death of the future; Trapped in the present: the past, present and future of a group of old people in East London; Posterity and paradox: some uses of time capsules; On predicting the future: parish rituals and patronage in Malta; Lines, cycles and transformations: temporal perspectives on Inuit action; Going there and getting there: the future as a legitimating charter for life in the present
- Time past, time present, time future: contrasting temporal values in two Southeast Asian societiesSaving the rain forest? Contested futures in conservation; Sustainable anthropology: ecology and anthropology in the future; Reproducing anthropology; The Marabar Caves, 1920 2020; A future for social anthropology?; Name index; Subject index
- Notes:
- Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-91941-7
- 1-134-91942-5
- 1-138-16123-3
- 1-280-07530-9
- 0-203-45055-8
- 9780203450550
- OCLC:
- 437084528
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