Contemporary futures : perspectives from social anthropology / / edited by Sandra Wallman

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1992
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (244 p.)
• Disciplina: 301; 306
• Soggetto topico: Anthropology - Forecasting; Industries - Social aspects - Forecasting
• Altri autori: WallmanSandra
• Note generali: Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Contemporary Futures; The death of the future; Trapped in the present: the past, present and future of a group of old people in East London; Posterity and paradox: some uses of time capsules; On predicting the future: parish rituals and patronage in Malta; Lines, cycles and transformations: temporal perspectives on Inuit action; Going there and getting there: the future as a legitimating charter for life in the present ; Time past, time present, time future: contrasting temporal values in two Southeast Asian societiesSaving the rain forest? Contested futures in conservation; Sustainable anthropology: ecology and anthropology in the future; Reproducing anthropology; The Marabar Caves, 1920 2020; A future for social anthropology?; Name index; Subject index
• Sommario/riassunto: Contemporary Futures explores the implications of visualising the future and the consequences this has on the present and on our relationship with other cultures.
• Titolo autorizzato: Contemporary futures
• ISBN: 1-134-91941-7; 1-134-91942-5; 1-138-16123-3; 1-280-07530-9; 0-203-45055-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910815231603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: A.S.A. monographs ; ; 30.