Over fifty authors from two dozen countries and from across the full spectrum of sociology tackle the pertinent issues of our time.
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Geoffrey Pleyers: Social Movements and Our Common Future
Contrary to economists or marketing specialists, sociologists are particularly uncomfortable when it comes to thinking about the future …
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New Record: Over 4,000 Participants Arrive in Vienna for ISA Forum of Sociology
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Videographers from Recife (Brazil), San José (Costa Rica), Paris (France), Athens (Greece), and Los Angeles, California (USA) present new videos for the series “The Futures We Want: Voices from …”.
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Margarita Gutman: Fight for the Future
Cities have been the sites of increasing conflict, between competing expectations: a future for many or a future for a few.
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Akosua Adomako Ampofo: African Future
What does it mean “returning to an African Future”?
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Roberto Cipriani: The Future of Religions
Religions have not disappeared but they tend to grow. What are the data projections for the growth of major religions in the various regions of the world?
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In the summer of 2015, New Yorkers from diverse walks of life were asked the question: What future do you want? This video presents some of their responses.
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Nicolás Lynch: Latin America
The future of the region depends on the achievement of (…) social democracy and the Patria Grande.
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Elena Esposito: Open Future
The open future of our society is a promise and a threat.
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McKenzie Wark: Anthropocene
So what becomes of social theory in the Anthropocene?
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Simon Critchley: Future Fiction
The philosopher Simon Critchley writes from the future, looking back from his Moscow hotel room on 1 January 2019.
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Ian Roxborough: Future of War
Weapons do not make war, and the future of war is not simply an estimate of the possibilities of military technology. Technological change impacts how military organizations will fight in the future, but it says little about who will fight, and for what, or even whether they will be fighting at all.
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Welcome! This is an online space for writings about “The Futures We Want: Global Sociology and the Struggles for a Better World,” the forward-oriented theme of the 2016 Forum of Sociology, and other issues of interest to the participating ISA Research Committees, Working Groups …
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