Utopia The Future S Past
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Utopia The Future S Past
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Author : Ken Dube
language : en
Publisher: Ken Dube
Release Date : 2022-11-11
Utopia The Future S Past written by Ken Dube and has been published by Ken Dube this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-11 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
Embark on an exhilarating journey through the riveting pages of this gripping futuristic tale, where a charismatic outsider leads a youth movement in a revolutionary battle for control over the utopian civilization of Utopia. Fear, distrust, and the intoxicating allure of power intertwine as our protagonist, Korwyn, finds himself swept up in the tumultuous waves of rebellion, all spurred by the influence of his first love. As the narrative unfolds, Korwyn becomes the focal point of a relentless power struggle that lays bare the corruption of the old order. The story weaves a compelling tapestry, promising a robust and resilient future, one that stands ready to defend itself against the impending threat of conquerors. Amidst the chaos, Korwyn grapples with a life-altering decision, forced to choose a path as the final battle for the future of Utopia unfurls before him. Don't miss out on this electrifying adventure, where love, loyalty, and the quest for a new dawn collide in a spectacular showdown that will leave you on the edge of your seat. Immerse yourself in a world where the fate of Utopia hangs in the balance, and every decision has far-reaching consequences.
The Shape Of Futures Past
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Author : Chris Morgan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
The Shape Of Futures Past written by Chris Morgan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Forecasting categories.
Hope And The Longing For Utopia
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Author : Daniel Boscaljon
language : en
Publisher: James Clarke & Company
Release Date : 2015-02-26
Hope And The Longing For Utopia written by Daniel Boscaljon and has been published by James Clarke & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-26 with Political Science categories.
At present the battle over who defines our future is being waged most publicly by secular and religious fundamentalists. 'Hope and the Longing for Utopia' offers an alternative position, disclosing a conceptual path toward potential worlds that resist a limited view of human potential and the gift of religion. In addition to outlining the value of embracing unknown potentialities, these twelve interdisciplinary essays explore why it has become crucial that we commit to hoping for values that resist traditional ideological commitments. Contextualized by contemporary writing on utopia, and drawing from a wealth of times and cultures ranging from Calvin's Geneva to early twentieth-century Japanese children's stories to Hollywood cinema, theseessays cumulatively disclose the fundamental importance of resisting tantalizing certainties while considering the importance of the unknown and unknowable. Beginning with a set of four essays outlining the importance of hope and utopia as diagnostic concepts, and following with four concrete examples, the collection ends with a set of essays that provide theological speculations on the need to embrace finitude and limitations in a world increasingly enframed by secularizing impulses. Overall, this book discloses how hope and utopia illuminate ways to think past simplified wishes for the future.
Critical Terms In Futures Studies
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Author : Heike Paul
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2019-12-02
Critical Terms In Futures Studies written by Heike Paul and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-02 with Social Science categories.
This volume provides the essential vocabulary currently employed in discourses on the future in 50 contributions by renowned scholars in their respective fields, which examine future imaginaries across cultures and time. Not situated in the field of “futurology” proper, it comes at future studies ‘sideways’ and offers a multidisciplinary treatment of a critical futures’ vocabulary. The contributors have their disciplinary homes in a wide range of subjects – history, cultural studies, literary studies, sociology, media studies, American studies, Japanese studies, Chinese studies, and philosophy – and critically illuminate numerous discourses about the future (or futures), past and present. In compiling such a critical vocabulary, this book seeks to foster conversations about futures in study programs and research forums and offers a toolbox for discussing them with an adequate degree of complexity.
The Image Of The Future
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Author : Frederik Lodewijk Polak (socioloog)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961
The Image Of The Future written by Frederik Lodewijk Polak (socioloog) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961 with Civilization categories.
Soviet Science Fiction Cinema And The Space Age
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Author : Natalija Majsova
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2021-04-28
Soviet Science Fiction Cinema And The Space Age written by Natalija Majsova and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-28 with History categories.
This book interrogates the relations between nostalgias of today and past utopias in the context of the space age of the 20th century and its cinematic representations in the USSR and in post-Soviet Russia. Once an enthusiastic projection, then a promising and uncanny present, and eventually an assemblage of nostalgic signifiers, in the history of world cinema, this space age has been linked primarily to the genre of science fiction. Here, aspects of the space age such as humanity’s imminent expansion to space, interplanetary travel, contact with extraterrestrial intelligence, and intergalactic governance and economy were both celebrated and critically interrogated as cosmopolitan ideals and nation-branding strategies. This book presents the contemporary relevance of this genre as heritage and legacy, archive and canon, and a nest of forgotten ideals and warnings, as well as nostalgic anchoring points. The author analyzes over 30 Soviet science fiction films, foregrounding their structures of utopia and their evolution over time, in order to trace both their transnational positionalities, transmedial resonance, and impact on post-Soviet Russian films about the space age. Concepts, crucial to the understanding of space futures of the past, such as utopianism, otherness, liminality, and no(w)stalgia are activated to draw out the fictional tenants of the memory of the Soviet space age, and to establish the limits and potentialities of Soviet (exra)terraformative ambitions.
The Image Of The Future
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Author : Frederik Lodewijk Polak
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961
The Image Of The Future written by Frederik Lodewijk Polak and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961 with Civilization categories.
Driverless Urban Futures
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Author : AnnaLisa Meyboom
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-12-07
Driverless Urban Futures written by AnnaLisa Meyboom and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-07 with Architecture categories.
Since the industrial revolution, innovations in transportation technology have continued to re-shape the spatial organization and temporal occupation of the built environment. Today, autonomous vehicles (AVs, also referred to as self-driving cars) represent the next disruptive innovation in mobility, with particularly profound impacts for cities. At a moment of the fast-paced development of AVs by auto-making companies around the world, policymakers, planners, and designers need to anticipate and address the many questions concerning the impacts of this new technology on urbanism and society at large. Conceived as a speculative atlas –a roadmap to unknown territories– this book presents a series of drawings and text that unpack the potential impacts of AVs on scales ranging from the metropolis to the street. The work is both grounded in a study of the history of urban transportation and current trajectories of technological innovation, and informed by an open-ended attitude of future envisioning and design. Through the drawings and essays, Driverless Urban Futures invites readers into a debate of how our future infrastructure could benefit all members of the public and levels of society.
Rethinking Utopia
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Author : David M. Bell
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2017-01-20
Rethinking Utopia written by David M. Bell and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-20 with Political Science categories.
Over five hundred years since it was named, utopia remains a vital concept for understanding and challenging the world(s) we inhabit, even in – or rather because of – the condition of ‘post-utopianism’ that supposedly permeates them. In Rethinking Utopia David M. Bell offers a diagnosis of the present through the lens of utopia and then, by rethinking the concept through engagement with utopian studies, a variety of ‘radical’ theories and the need for decolonizing praxis, shows how utopianism might work within, against and beyond that which exists in order to provide us with hope for a better future. He proposes paying a ‘subversive fidelity’ to utopia, in which its three constituent terms: ‘good’ (eu), ‘place’ (topos), and ‘no’ (ou) are rethought to assert the importance of immanent, affective relations. The volume engages with a variety of practices and forms to articulate such a utopianism, including popular education/critical pedagogy; musical improvisation; and utopian literature. The problems as well as the possibilities of this utopianism are explored, although the problems are often revealed to be possibilities, provided they are subject to material challenge. Rethinking Utopia offers a way of thinking about (and perhaps realising) utopia that helps overcome some of the binary oppositions structuring much thinking about the topic. It allows utopia to be thought in terms of place and process; affirmation and negation; and the real and the not-yet. It engages with the spatial and affective turns in the social sciences without ever uncritically being subsumed by them; and seeks to make connections to indigenous cosmologies. It is a cautious, careful, critical work punctuated by both pessimism and hope; and a refusal to accept the finality of this or any world.
Playing Utopia
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Author : Benjamin Beil
language : en
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Release Date : 2019-11-30
Playing Utopia written by Benjamin Beil and has been published by transcript Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-30 with Social Science categories.
Media narratives inform our ideas of the future - and Games are currently making a significant contribution to this medial reservoir. On the one hand, Games demonstrate a particular propensity for fantastic and futuristic scenarios. On the other hand, they often serve as an experimental field for the latest media technologies. However, while dystopias are part of the standard gaming repertoire, Games feature utopias much less frequently. Why? This anthology examines playful utopias from two perspectives. It investigates utopias in digital Games as well as utopias of the digital game; that is, the role of ludic elements in scenarios of the future.