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The Anthropology of the Future

By Rebecca Bryant , Daniel M. Knight

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2019
ISBN
1108434371, 9781108434379
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1058954 bytes)
Series
New Departures in Anthropology
Pages
239\239
Time added
2019-09-05 09:02:05

Description

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.

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