Writing Future Worlds

An Anthropologist Explores Global Scenarios

Ulf Hannerz (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XI, 295 Seiten

2017
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-70627-6 (ISBN)

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This volume presents a comprehensive analysis of global future scenarios and their impact on a growing, shared culture. Ever since the end of the Cold War, a diverse range of future concepts has emerged in various areas of academia-and even in popular journalism. A number of these key concepts-'the end of history,' 'the clash of civilizations,' 'the coming anarchy,' 'the world is flat,' 'soft power,' 'the post-American century'-suggest what could become characteristic of this new, interconnected world. Ulf Hannerz scrutinizes these ideas, considers their legacy, and suggests further dialogue between authors of the 'American scenario' and commentators elsewhere.

Ulf Hannerz is Professor Emeritus of Social Anthropology at Stockholm University, Sweden, and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. A former Chair of the European Association of Social Anthropologists, he has taught at American, European, Asian, and Australian universities, and has carried out field studies in West Africa, the Caribbean, and the United States, as well as a multi-site study of the work of news media foreign correspondents.

Prologue: Atlantis and 1984.- 1. The "One Big Thing" Quintet & Co.- 2. When pundits go global.- 3. Playing with maps.- 4. Side shows: Eurabia, MexAmerica.- 5. Reporting from the future.- 6. Contemporary habitats of meaning.- 7. Culture: between XL and S.- 8. Soft power.- 9. Scenarios from everywhere.

Erscheinungsdatum	06.11.2017
Reihe/Serie	Palgrave Studies in Literary Anthropology
Zusatzinfo	XI, 295 p. 10 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	400 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
Schlagworte	Cultural Theory • Literary Anthropology • Literary critique • Public Policy • Publishing theory • Social Anthropology
ISBN-10	3-319-70627-6 / 3319706276
ISBN-13	978-3-319-70627-6 / 9783319706276
Zustand	Neuware