Visions for the 21st Century

by Sheila M. Moorcroft

Overview

This is a challenging and stimulating collection of twenty-one essays by international contributors. Their topics are as varied as the cultures and disciplines they themselves represent. We are invited to go beyond present complexities and take a far future perspective. Business, so often cast as the villain, is given a transforming role of rescuing us from the mess we are in. We are shown practical and achievable steps to bring peace and cooperation to the Middle East and an end to war. Conventional scientific methods are also tested and found wanting.

These essays resonate with the interconnectedness and interdependence of the issues that face us: they also demonstrate that the solutions we seek are achievable but must also reflect that same interconnectedness. They show that to become mesmerized by the problems we face is to lose sight of the possibilities. These visions are a refreshing antidote to a growing tide of pessimism about the future.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275945725
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	04/30/1993
Series:	Praeger Studies on the 21st Century
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	190
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

SHEILA M. MOORCROFT is a freelance futures consultant who has been active in the field of futures research for over a decade focusing on scanning techniques, issues identification and assessment, and the implications of social change and alternative scenario development. She spent many years at SRI International and Applied Futures Ltd. Her research includes The Future of the UK 2010, An Optimistic Scenario for Healthcare, and The Home of the Future.

Table of Contents

Preface by Sheila Moorcroft
The Great Balancing Act by James B. Smith
The Future Without End by W. Warren Wager
Dimensions of a New World Order by Ervin Laszlo
An Infernal Strategy Review by James Robertson
An Impossible Dream? by Robert Muller
War Is a Dying Business by Keith Suter
Our Shared Responsibility for Future Democracy by Vaclav Havel
Everyone Has the Right to Participate in Creating the Future by Kjell Dahle
The Future of the Middle East by Crown Prince Hassan of Jordan
Business to the Rescue by Francis Kinsman
Change, Trends, Uncertainties by Wolfgang Michalski and Michel Andrieu
The 21st Century from an Economic Perspective by Noriko Hama
A Vision of Universal Education by Malcolm Skilbeck
The Intelligence Revolution Revisited by Geoff Woodling
Biotechnology and the Challenge of Choice by Philip Sadler
When the Pendulum Comes to Rest by Ziauddin Sardar
A Future from Within by A.J. Dakin
The Brink of Maturity: Towards a Scientific Myth of Our Times by Elisabet Sahtouris
The Second Scientific Revolution by Willis Harman
Earth Might Be Fair by James Ogilvy
Bibliography
Index