The History of the Future - The Shape of the World to Come Is Visible Today

Informationen zum Autor By Max Singer Klappentext The world is in a unique transition from all of past history to modern life which, when the transition is completed, will be wealthy, free, and peaceful. History of the Future shows that while modernity has significant advantages it will present great challenges and could leave people worse off than they were in the past. Zusammenfassung The world is in a unique transition from all of past history to modern life which! when the transition is completed! will be wealthy! free! and peaceful. History of the Future shows that while modernity has significant advantages it will present great challenges and could leave people worse off than they were in the past. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionPart I: The Known1. Shaping History by Defining "Modern"2. Where Does Wealth Come From and Why Is It Spreading?3. Freedom4. The Decline and Fall of the War System5. The Jihadi Challenge and Islam in the FuturePart II: The Not-Yet Known6. Demography: How Personal Decisions Will Shape the World's Future7. The Future of WorkEpilogue: The Desperate Problems of the FutureNote on the Relationship of the Ideas of Herman Kahn to this BookBibliographical Comments

Product details

• Authors: Max Singer, Singer Max
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.07.2011
• EAN: 9780739164877
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-6487-7
• No. of pages: 154
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Social Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Political science & theory, Political science and theory