E104
VISIONS OF THE FUTURE: A HISTORY

Spring 2008

TR 9:30-10:45 -- Wylie 005 -- 12214

Instructor: David Pace
Office Hours: Monday 1-3, Wednesday 10:30-11:30, or by appointment

E-Mail -- dpace@ indiana.edu

A.I. Joseph Stubenrauch -- jstubenr @ indiana.edu

Teams

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Part I: The Origins of Modern Visions of the Future -- Apocalypse and the Notion of Progress

Part II: Doubts about the Future -- Poverty and Pessimism

Part III: New Contexts for the Generation of Futures -- Popular Culture and Consumerism

Part IV: Whose Future? -- Ethnocentrism, Race, and Gender

Part V: New Fears for the Future -- War and the Environment