TY  - BOOK
AU  - Potts,John
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Future Fear: Fear of the Future from Prehistory to Climate Change 
SN  - 9783031594120
AV  - GF13-13.3 
PY  - 2024///
CY  - Cham
PB  - Springer Nature Switzerland, Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Human ecology
KW  - History
KW  - History, Modern
KW  - Science
KW  - Technology
KW  - Human geography
KW  - Communication in the environmental sciences
KW  - Environmental History
KW  - Modern History
KW  - History of Science
KW  - History of Technology
KW  - Human Geography
KW  - Environmental Communication
N1  - 1. Introduction -- 2. Future-Shaping: Traditional Cultures -- 3. Ancient Future Fear -- 4. Apocalypse: Post-Classical Culture and Renaissance -- 5. Science Builds the Future: Enlightenment to Nineteenth Century -- 6. Techno-Future: Twentieth Century: 1900-1950 -- 7. New Forms of Fear: 1950-2000 -- 8. The New Apocalypse: Twenty-First Century
N2  - This book places the contemporary fear of climate change in historical perspective, showing that throughout human history the dominant perspective on the future has been one of fear. Across a broad historical sweep, the book describes the varied means employed to predict and control the future: magic, religion, science, and technology. Future Fear traces fear of the future from prehistory to the present, culminating in the contemporary fear of imminent climate change catastrophe. Consideration is also given to hope in a more positive future, revealing that visions of the future have often been a mingling of fear and hope. John Potts is Professor of Media and Director of the Centre for Media History at Macquarie University, Australia. He has published widely in media studies, digital and networked culture, cultural history, intellectual history, and art history. He is the author or editor of thirteen books
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-59412-0
ER  -