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History of the Future : The Shape of the World to Come Is Visible Today by Max Singer (2011, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherLexington Books/Fortress Academic
ISBN-100739164872
ISBN-139780739164877
eBay Product ID (ePID)109080986
Product Key Features
Number of Pages198 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameHistory of the Future : the Shape of the World to Come Is Visible Today
Publication Year2011
SubjectPolitical Economy, Globalization, History & Theory, World / General, International Relations / General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science
AuthorMax Singer
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight10.9 Oz
Item Length9.1 in
Item Width6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2011-008579
ReviewsHistory of the Future points the way to victory, not merely for Republican or conservative candidates but for humanity. It's a knockout., Freedom and progress are contagious, and societies that have them in abundance are role models to those that do not. In History of the Future, Hudson Institute co-founder and senior fellow Max Singer forecasts that modern civilization-as Japan, the United States, and other industrialized countries know it- will take root in every country around the world....History of the Future will be an inspiring read to anyone who wonders how the world might move beyond present difficulties., Max Singer, who co-founded the Hudson Institute with Herman Kahn, is always full of original, provocative and sometimes mind-bending insights. You'll never look at a problem quite the same way again once you've read Max's assessment of it., Max Singer has done it again. In often beautiful, jargon-free prose, he explains the essence of modernity and why it is the way of the future. Anyone who wants to understand where the world of politics, economics, and freedom is headed must read this book. Singer has an amazing ability to make the complicated simple, straightforward and compelling., This is the most brilliant, most important book of our time. Clearly and concisely, Max Singer explains why the Mideast is on fire, and why we are moving through history's most stunning transformation -- to a time when virtually the entire human race will have joined the modern world. A History of the Future should be required reading by every foreign minister, every intelligence chief, and every head-of-state., Max Singer, who co-founded the Hudson Institute with Herman Kahn, is always full of original, provocative and sometimes mind-bending insights. You "ll never look at a problem quite the same way again once you "ve read Max "s assessment of it., History of the Future points the way to victory, not merely for Republican or conservative candidates but for humanity. It's a knockout., Freedom and progress are contagious, and societies that have them in abundance are role models to those that do not. In History of the Future, Hudson Institute co-founder and senior fellow Max Singer forecasts that modern civilization--as Japan, the United States, and other industrialized countries know it-- will take root in every country around the world....History of the Future will be an inspiring read to anyone who wonders how the world might move beyond present difficulties.
Dewey Edition22
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal303.49
Table Of ContentIntroduction Part I: The Known 1. Shaping History by Defining "Modern" 2. Where Does Wealth Come From and Why Is It Spreading? 3. Freedom 4. The Decline and Fall of the War System 5. The Jihadi Challenge and Islam in the Future Part II: The Not-Yet Known 6. Demography: How Personal Decisions Will Shape the World's Future 7. The Future of Work Epilogue: The Desperate Problems of the Future Note on the Relationship of the Ideas of Herman Kahn to this Book Bibliographical Comments
SynopsisThe 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., Human character has always been shaped by struggles against poverty, tyranny, and war. History of the Future reports on how different modern life, which will spread through the world over the next century or two, will be from all human history. Singer predicts that poverty, tyranny, and war will be largely eliminated and raises the critical question of how people will replace the challenges that have always been sources of meaning and greatness in human lives. Singer doesn't expect people to become less aggressive, wiser, or more moral, but he looks at the implications of a world in which the vast majority are living the kind of modern lives now lived only by the people in the twenty-odd most advanced countries on Earth. When that world arrives the practical incentives that shape behavior, including the pursuit of power, will be so different than they are in most of the world today, and have been throughout human history, that-without enforceable international law or world government-the "war system" that has always been the center of international politics will no longer exist. Will people really be better off when the whole world has become wealthy, free, and peaceful? Human purpose is not about income and the right to vote, but about happiness and goodness, and perhaps our relation to the eternal. Without the struggles that have plagued humanity throughout history, we will have to find new shapers of character. Meanwhile, wealth and science will create opportunities to "improve" ourselves that force us to face questions about what it means to stay human. Book jacket., History of the Future presents a set of ideas about where we are in history. It focuses on the great majority of people in each society, and shows that life in the modern world will be almost completely different from all previous human experience. The present time is best understood as a period of transition during which one country after another is following along parallel paths from traditional to modern. The process of becoming modern is so powerful that it will have similar effects on all countries. Therefore one can predict the future of countries still undergoing this change by looking at the history of countries which have already completed their transition. Singer asserts that a "war system" has long existed in which the central concern of nations has been to protect their security by military forces and alliances. He makes the dramatic claim that, because of the inherent nature of modern countries, there will be no war system in any region populated solely by modern countries-as illustrated by the current situation in Western Europe-even though human character will not have improved. However, despite the fact that poverty, tyranny, and war will be largely eliminated, the modern world may be worse for people than the traditional world because most of the things that shaped human character will be obsolete., History of the Future presents a set of ideas about where we are in history. It focuses on the great majority of people in each society, and shows that life in the modern world will be almost completely different from all previous human experience. The present time is best understood as a period of transition during which one country after another is following along parallel paths from traditional to modern. The process of becoming modern is so powerful that it will have similar effects on all countries. Therefore one can predict the future of countries still undergoing this change by looking at the history of countries which have already completed their transition.Singer asserts that a "war system" has long existed in which the central concern of nations has been to protect their security by military forces and alliances. He makes the dramatic claim that, because of the inherent nature of modern countries, there will be no war system in any region populated solely by modern countries-as illustrated by the current situation in Western Europe-even though human character will not have improved. However, despite the fact that poverty, tyranny, and war will be largely eliminated, the modern world may be worse for people than the traditional world because most of the things that shaped human character will be obsolete.
LC Classification NumberJZ1242.S59 2011
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