History and future
Subtitle: using historical thinking to imagine the future
By: David J. Staley.
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9780739117538
Subjects: History -- Methodology; Historiography; Forecasting
Description: "Historians have traditionally rejected the idea that we can use the study of history to think about the future. History and Future re-examines this long-held belief and argues that the historical method is an excellent way to think about and represent the future. At the same time, the book asserts that futurists should not view the future as a scientist might - aiming for predictions and certainties - but rather should view the future in the same way that a historian views the past."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-166) and index.
Table of contents: title: A history of the future; title: Evidence, inference and statements; title: Structures and events; title: Historical imagination; title: Representation; title: Historical thinking.