The world ahead : an anthropologist anticipates the future /

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"Born in the first year of the 20th century, it is fitting that Margaret Mead should have been one of the first anthropologists to use anthropological analysis to study the future course of human civilization. This volume collects, for the first time, twenty five of her most prescient writings...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978
Otros Autores: Textor, Robert B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2005.
Colección:Margaret Mead--the study of contemporary western cultures ; v. 6.
Temas:
Mead, Margaret, > 1901-1978 > Criticism and interpretation.
Mead, Margaret, > 1901-1978 > Critique et interprétation.
Mead, Margaret, > 1901-1978
Anthropology > Philosophy.
Anthropology > Forecasting.
Forecasting > Study and teaching.
Anthropologie > Philosophie.
Anthropologie > Prévision.
Prévision > Étude et enseignement.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Regional Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Anthropology > Forecasting
Anthropology > Philosophy
Forecasting > Study and teaching
Culturen.
Toekomstverwachtingen.
Antropologi > teori, filosofi.
Framtidsstudier.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Methodology
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Series preface / William O. Beeman
  • Introduction / Robert B. Textor
  • Twenty-five writings and lectures / Margaret Mead
  • 1943 : the family in the future
  • 1945 : human differences and world order
  • 1950 : unique possibilities of the melting pot
  • 1962 : the psychology of warless man
  • 1963a : beyond the nuclear family
  • 1963b : patterns of worldwide cultural change in the 1960s
  • 1966a : one world
  • but which language?
  • 1966b : the university and institutional change
  • 1967 : changing cultural patterns of work and leisure
  • 1968a : New Year's
  • a universal birthday
  • 1968b : alternatives to war
  • 1968c : the crucial role of the small city in meeting the urban crisis
  • 1968d : statement [on aging and retirement]
  • 1968e : some social consequences of a guaranteed income
  • 1969 : man on the moon
  • 1970a : education for humanity
  • 1970b : Kalinga prize acceptance speech
  • 1971 : a note on contributions of anthropology to the science of the future
  • 1973a : the kind of city we want
  • 1973b : prospects for world harmony
  • 1974a : opening address [to the Society for General Systems Research]
  • 1974b : changing perspectives on modernization
  • 1974c : ways to deal with the current social transformation
  • 1975 : discussion [about how anthropologists can perform better in applied roles]
  • 1977 : our open-ended future.

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