Adam, Barbara,  1945- <br/><br/>
Future matters :  action, knowledge, ethics / 
by Barbara Adam and Chris Groves. 
 - xvii, 218 pages :  illustrations ;  25 cm. 
 - Supplements to The study of time ;  v. 3 .
 - Supplements to The study of time ;  v. 3. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Prologue; Chapter One Introduction; Chapter Two The Future Told; Chapter Three The Future Tamed; Chapter Four Futures Traded; Chapter Five Futures Transformed; Chapter Six Futures Traversed; Chapter Seven Futures Thought; Chapter Eight Futures Tended; Chapter Nine Futures Transcended; Epilogue; Glossary of Key Terms; Bibliography; Name Index; Subject Index. 
<br/><br/> "This Book Locates Contemporary approaches to the future in a wider sociological and historical framework of practices, traces differences and continuities, and shows how contemporary practices of futures-construction make taking responsibility for futures all but impossible."--Jacket. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9004161775 9789004161771 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007037028 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Time--Sociological aspects.<br/>Forecasting.<br/>Social action.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HM656  / .A32 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>303.49