Events
Renata Motta takes part in the presentation of the book “Senses of the Future”
Renata Motta will take part in the presentation of the recently published book Senses of the Future, written by Gerard Delanty of the University of Sussex. The event takes place on 16th of October from 10:30 am to 12:00 noon and is organized by the Humanities Centre for Advanced Studies “Futures of Sustainability”.
Venue:
Humanities Centre for Advanced Studies “Futures of Sustainability”/ DFG Kolleg-Forschungsgruppe “Zukünfte der Nachhaltigkeit”
Gorch-Fock-Wall 3 (door bell sign “Nachhaltigkeit”), 20354 Hamburg, Room 1021
“The future has become a problem for the present. Almost every critical issue is now understood and experienced through the prism of the future since this is the primary focus for the playing out of crises.
Senses of the Future offers a wide-ranging discussion of theories of the future. It covers the main ideas of the future in modern thought and explores how we should view the future today in light of a plurality of very different and conflicting visions. The key contribution of this book is to bring together the different approaches with an account that is grounded in sociological and philosophical analysis as opposed to visions of the future that are inspired by extreme visions of catastrophe or approaches that see the future as only the continuation of the present. Given a revival of apocalyptical visions of the ‘end times’ and dystopian views of the future of human societies, there is urgent need for a new approach on how we should imagine the future. The author explores the future as a field of tensions that is revealed in narratives, utopian desires, hope, imaginaries, and social struggles concerning the potential possibilities of the present: the future does not just arrive; it has to be fought for.”
(see website of the event).
Book presentation by Gerard Delanty (University of Sussex)
Comments: Renata Campos Motta (University of Heidelberg), Christine Hentschel (Futures of Sustainability), Cassiopea Staudacher (Futures of Sustainability)
Chair: Frank Adloff (Futures of Sustainability)
There is no registration needed.
Find more information about the event here.