Toward the year 2000
Daniel Bell
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Toward the year 2000
by Daniel Bell, Stephen Richards Graubard
Published
August 8, 1997
Publisher
The MIT Press
Pages
420
ISBN-13
9780262522373
ISBN-10
0262522373
Description
In 1965, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences initiated the Commission on the Year 2000, the forerunner of what became the field of futurism. The Commission did not believe that one could "predict" the future, but sought instead to identify structural changes in society that would have long-term social impacts. And since the Commission believed that choices were possible, it sought to chart "alternative futures" on critical issues that society would face. The results of the Commission's work appeared in 1967 in a special issue of Daedalus, the journal of the Academy. The volume consisted of "working papers," prepared by the Chairman of the Commission, Daniel Bell, twenty-three memoranda written by such scholars as Daniel P. Moynihan, Erik H. Erikson, Ernst Mayr, David Riesman, James Q. Wilson, and Samuel P. Huntington, and an edited transcript of the vigorous discussions provoked by the documents. Thirty years later, the volume remains extraordinarily timely. It is both a benchmark for the understanding of American society and a prospectus of the issues that are still relevant to the problems of today - and tomorrow. This edition contains a new preface by Daniel Bell and Stephen R. Graubaud that reviews the Commission's work and identifies the foresight - and one startling failure - of that work.
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This edition of Toward the year 2000 has approximately 420 pages. Please note, this is an estimate and the exact page count can vary between hardcover, paperback, and e-book versions.
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For most readers, Toward the year 2000 typically takes between 8h 45m and 5h 50m to complete. This is based on the book's length of approximately 105,000 words and common reading speeds.
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Who is the author of Toward the year 2000?
Toward the year 2000 was written by Daniel Bell, Stephen Richards Graubard.
When was Toward the year 2000 published?
The publication date for this specific edition is August 8, 1997. The original work may have been published on a different date.