Five Scenarios for the Year 2000.

by Franco Ferrarotti, Dan A. Chekki (Editor)

Overview

With the advent of a new millenium little more than a decade away, Professor Ferrarotti has written a unique collection of futurological scenarios that stresses the importance of both the historical and a muti-disciplinary approach. The author draws attention to the political tension underlying technological innovation, while heralding the anticipated appearance of a new ethos shaped by the exigencies of the new technological age. Old-fashioned individualism appears to be doomed, acknowledges the author; yet a new kind of socially-oriented individualism could develop, preserving that which is still vital in traditional values and influencing new, socio-psychological attitudes which are required by a technically advancing society.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313253324
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/13/1986
Series:	Controversies in Science , #60
Pages:	150
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.38(d)
Lexile:	1520L (what's this?)

About the Author

Franco Ferrarotti is professor of sociology and chariman of the PhD program in social science at the University of Rome, Italy.

DAN A. CHEKKI is Professor of Sociology at the University of Winnipeg. His books include New Communities in a Changing World (1996), American Sociological Hegemony (1987), and Modernization and Kin Network (1974).