Facing the Future
Germany Breaking New Ground
Published on 19. November 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
XVI, 196 pages
978-3-642-71610-2 (ISBN)
Description
Notes on the Culture of Politics.- 1. Exhausted Energy.- 2. Politics as the Fiduciary of Future Generations.- 3. Fear of the Future: Cultural Survival.- On the Way to an Information Society.- 4. What Kinds of Shifts in Value will we have to Reckon with?.- 5. An Intelligence Aid, But Not Intelligent.- 6. Thinking in Black and White Terms is Not the Answer.- 7. Tool Age of the Future.- 8. The Rapid Growth in the Range of Applications.- 9. Detente for the Social Environment Conflict?.- 10. A New Wave of Independence.- 11. The Broad Field of the Information Society.- Old Values - A New Order.- 12. New Vitality for Old Values?.- 13. Decreasing Demands on the Environment Means Making Sacrifices.- 14. Social Benefits at the Expense of Our Future Security.- 15. Rediscovering the Human Factor.- 16. A New Look at an Old Problem.- 17. More than Just a Vision?.- Europe: Little Big Continent.- 18. Somehow Too Big and Too Small.- 19. Focusing Our Forces on the Facts.- 20. Reconciliation in the Midst of Contention.
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Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1986
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
XVI, 196 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
335 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-642-71610-2 (9783642716102)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-71608-9
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12/1986
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Content
Notes on the Culture of Politics.- 1. Exhausted Energy.- 2. Politics as the Fiduciary of Future Generations.- 3. Fear of the Future: Cultural Survival.- On the Way to an Information Society.- 4. What Kinds of Shifts in Value will we have to Reckon with?.- 5. An Intelligence Aid, But Not Intelligent.- 6. Thinking in Black and White Terms is Not the Answer.- 7. Tool Age of the Future.- 8. The Rapid Growth in the Range of Applications.- 9. Detente for the Social Environment Conflict?.- 10. A New Wave of Independence.- 11. The Broad Field of the Information Society.- Old Values - A New Order.- 12. New Vitality for Old Values?.- 13. Decreasing Demands on the Environment Means Making Sacrifices.- 14. Social Benefits at the Expense of Our Future Security.- 15. Rediscovering the Human Factor.- 16. A New Look at an Old Problem.- 17. More than Just a Vision?.- Europe: Little Big Continent.- 18. Somehow Too Big and Too Small.- 19. Focusing Our Forces on the Facts.- 20. Reconciliation in the Midst of Contention.