Imagined Futures

Hope, Risk and Uncertainty

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Julia Cook

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Hardback

Series:

Critical Studies in Risk and Uncertainty

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This book presents the findings of a recent interview-based study of how 28 young adults living in Melbourne, Australia viewed and related to both the personal and societal future. In so doing it addresses issues such as how individuals imagine the future of their society, and whether this has any bearing on the way in which they perceive and relate to their own, personal future. The respondents’ future imaginings are also considered in relation to influential theoretical accounts that have sought to diagnose the character of contemporary society, and with it the future horizon. Drawing on this discussion, some alternative ways of conceptualising micro experiences of future-oriented thinking are proposed, and the role that hope can play in this process is addressed. This book will appeal to readers who are interested in the sociology of risk and uncertainty, time, and youth.

Author Biography:

Julia Cook is a Research Fellow in the Youth Research Centre at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Her research interests and publications are concerned with the sociology of youth, time, risk and uncertainty, and religion.

Release date NZ

November 17th, 2017

Author

Julia Cook

Audience

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly

Edition

1st ed. 2018

Illustrations

1 Illustrations, black and white; IX, 141 p. 1 illus.

Pages

141

Series

Critical Studies in Risk and Uncertainty

ISBN-13

9783319653242

Product ID

26870162

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