Futures studies jim dator hawaii research center for futures. At least three prominent european futurists, fred polak of the netherlands, flechtheim, and jungk, had direct experience with the nazi takeover in europe. Flechtheim in the mid1940s, who proposed it as a new branch of knowledge that would include a new science of probability. Great future debate and the struggle for the world the. From future workshops to envisioning alternative futures. Institute for futures studies and technology assessment. Remarks on their theories of history in the journal phylon number 4. The left socialists support for the embattled socialist german student league laid the organizational and intellectual foundation for the sixties new.
Flechtheim the founding father of modern futurism, if there is one, may well be a mildmannered german professor who, as early as the mid1940s, began speaking and writing about the need for what he termed futurology. Indeed some thinkers, such as the german political scientist ossip flechtheim or the french philosopher gaston berger, saw futurology, or prospective, as a way of creating an action oriented political science capable of. For instance, ossip flechtheim, a key figure in the emergence of the field, was closely acquainted with adorno horkheimer auffermann 2015. Accordaccording to him the scientific discipline, that flechtheim as the first one called futurology in the 1940s, intents to contribute to op. The founder of futurology the 100th birthday of ossip k. History and futurology by ossip k flechtheim with a foreword by robert jungk. The term futurology comes from the latin futurum, or future and the greek suffix logia the science of, and it was coined by a german professor named ossip flechtheim in 1943,12 who, along with author h. Ossip kurt flechtheim 5 maart 1909 4 maart 1998 was n duitse juris, politieke wetenskaplike, skrywer, futuris en humanis. While it may be the case that it was ossip flechtheim who first invented futurology. Download pdf history and futurology free online new. These works reside in german museums and the museum of modern art. Humans arent designed for thinking about the future. Flechtheim, who coined the term futurology, is seen as the founder of a form of humanist democratic future research that he saw as a counterweight to technocratic development. Parker 1988 notes that the term futurology was first used in 1943 by a german political scientist, ossip k.
Futures studies 1 futures studies moores law is an example of futures studies. Absolute mind achievement alfred weber aristotle attempt basic become bertrand russell bourgeoisie capitalism century christian civilizational process classless society conception of history constitutes counterutopia course cultural process decades. Flechtheims heirs are attempting to recover artworks stolen from flechtheim. Futures studies jim dator hawaii research center for futures studies department of political science university of hawaii at manoa published as futures studies, in william sims bainbridge, ed. Flechtheim, who in mid1940s coined the term futurology, and later became a director of ottosuhrinstitut in west berlin, was alfred flechtheim s nephew. Futuresworkshops1993 from future workshops to envisioning alternative futures jim dator hawaii research center for futures research university of. Flechtheim s heirs are attempting to recover artworks stolen from flechtheim. Flechtheim and his eastern critics afterwards dinner at the institute thursday, 2 september 2010 10 a. Flechtheim, who in mid1940s coined the term futurology, and later became a director of ottosuhrinstitut in west berlin, was alfred flechtheims nephew. Andersson shows how eastern european futurologists, particularly those in poland and czechoslovakia, used future studies for critique and dissent. To flechtheim, the future was not a science of prediction. Foresight to jewish german scholar in law and political sciences ossip flechtheim 1943 who started to develop his ideas about futurology as a refugee in the usa during the war. Horkheimer launched critical theory by calling for a new social theory that is explanatory, practical and normative, giving it emancipatory aims carr 2000, 211. Futures studies also called futurology and futurism is the study of postulating possible, probable, and preferable futures and the.
Sociology of the future bell, wendell, wau, james published by russell sage foundation bell, wendell and james wau. Flechtheim first time used the term futurology in the year 1943 in the article toynbee and the webers. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. The great future debate and the struggle for the world. History and futurology ossip kurt flechtheim snippet view 1966.
He is credited with coining of the term futurology. Click download or read online button to history and futurology book pdf for free now. Als konfessionsloser humanist wurde er nach dem zweiten weltkrieg in westberlin mitglied im deutschen freidenkerverband e. Entangling and elevating creativity and criticality in. He defined futurology as an interdisciplinary and scientific study of the future. Ossip flechtheim, futurology, the new science of probability, repr. Ossipkflechtheim free download ebook in pdf and epub. In his book, flechtheim stated that futurology should attempt to solve the fol. He insisted that this then new research be incorporated in the educational system and futurology be taught as any other scientificdiscipline. Masters degree course in futures studies, dia set no.
Since plato knowledge is understood as grounded true belief. Ossip flechtheim als erfinder des begriffs futurology. Whereas futures research was more focused on scientific methods, on forecasting and planning, in the usa the term futurology circulated in a more populist sense, whereas ossip flechtheim in the federal republic of germany sought to emphasise the explicit academic character of futurologie. Ossip k flechtheim free download ebook in pdf and epub. The 2008 land grabbers for food and financial security. This article is on pages 264 to 276 of tofflers book the futurists, which was published in 1972. Wells several decades earlier, proposed futurism as a new academic discipline. Categories philosophy of history in philosophy of social science categorize this paper call number. Meisenheim am glan, hain 1966 abstract this article has no associated abstract.
Flechtheims book1 1972 could be seen as the key player in launching the idea of modern soft, visionary or idealistic futures research, echoing much of the united nations great objectives. Futurology wikipedia 2007 literally means the study of the future. Flechtheim, a historian in the 1940s, who first used the term futurology. Inventing the future in spite of futurology sciencedirect. See introduction flechtheim and dejouvenel article posted separately for intro of the author. Ossip kurt flechtheim, history and futurology philpapers. German new lefts new german critique duke university press. The most important personal estates acquired by the german exile archive 19331945 at the german national library over the last decade include that of politologist ossip k. It is an instructive fact, for instance, that when in 1943 ossip flechtheim coined the term futurology he had no immediate sociological tradition to which he could link his projected enterprise for largescale social forecasting and had to. While it may be the case that it was ossip flechtheim who first invented futurology futures studies and fred polak who introduced the concept images of the future, it was kenneth boulding and elise boulding who nurtured the concept of images of the future into its central place in futures studies, and elise boulding who demonstrated how. Ossip kurt flechtheim march 5, 1909 march 4, 1998 was a german jurist, political scientist, author, futurist, and a humanist. He also outlined what may be regarded as a humanistic futurological program flechtheim 1966. The roots of futures studies trace back to humanistic orientation of futurology, which was introduced by ossip flechtheim in 1943.
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