Wendell Bell

Wendell Bell (* 27. september 1924, Chicago,  Illinois, USA† 3. november 2019) bol americký sociológ a futurológ a emeritný profesor sociológie na Yale University.

Kariéra 
Narodil sa v meste Chicago v USA. Študoval na Fresno State University v štáte Kalifornia. Titul PhD získal na University of California v Los Angeles. Pôsobil na Stanford University, Northwestern University a University of California v Los Angeles. Od roku 1963 do roku 1995 pôsobil ako profesor na Yale University.

Od roku 1960 sa zaoberá futurológiou. Zaoberá sa tiež sociológiou mesta, sociálno-územnými analýzami, teóriou politických a sociálnych zmien. Je autorom dvojzväzkovej publikácie Foundations of Futures Studies - Základy štúdii budúcnosti. Žije v New Haven v štáte Connecticut.

Dielo 
Wendell Bell napísal a publikoval knihy a publikácie Jamaican Leaders. Political Attitudes in a New Nation (1964), Images of the Future: Theory a Research Strategies (spoluautor) (1970), The Sociology of the Future. Theory, Cases, and Annotated Bibliography (spoluautor)  (1971), Ethnicity and Nation-Building (spolueditor) (1974), Foundations of Futures Studies. Human Science for a New Era. Volume 1. History, Purposes, and Knowledge (1997), Foundations of Futures Studies. Human Science for a New Era. Volume 2. Values, Objectivity, and the Good Society (1997), The Purposes of Futures Studies (1997).

Knihy 
Bell, Wendell, Mau, James A. (editors): The Sociology of the Future. Theory, Cases and Annotated Bibliography. Russell Sage Foundation, New York 1971
Bell, Wendell: Foundations of Futures Studies. Human Science for a New Era Volume 1: History, Purposes, and Knowledge. Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, London 1998
Bell, Wendell: Foundations of Futures Studies. Human Science for a New Era Volume 2: Values, Objectivity, and the Good Society. Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, London 1998

Kapitoly v knihách 
 Bell, Wendell, Mau, James A.: Images of the Future. Theory and Research Strategies. In: Mc Kinney, J., Tiryaklan E. (editors): Theoretical Sociology. Perspectives and Developments. Appleton-Century-Crofts, New York 1970
 Bell, Wendell, Mau, James A., Huber, Bettina J., Boldt, Menno: A Paradigm for the Analysis of Time Perspectives and Images of the Future. In: * Bell, Wendell, Mau, James A. (editors): The Sociology of the Future. Theory, Cases and Annotated Bibliography. Russell Sage Foundation, New York 1971

Referencie

Externé odkazy 
 Wendell Bell na Yale

Zdroj 

Futurológovia
Sociológovia USA
Vyučujúci na Northwestern University
Vyučujúci na Stanford University
Vyučujúci na University of California, Los Angeles
Vyučujúci na Yale University
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