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Critical Terms in Futures Studies

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From prophecy to thinking the unthinkable to scenarios of disruption and to transformative narratives, the future and the field that examines the future, Futures Studies, has continued to evolve. This entry examines the genealogy of Futures Studies and the epistemological approaches it is founded on.

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  1. UNESCO Chair in Futures Studies, USIM, Nilai, Malaysia

    Sohail Inayatullah

  2. Tamkang University, New Taipei City, Taiwan

    Sohail Inayatullah

  3. University of the Sunshine Coast, Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia

    Sohail Inayatullah

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  1. Department of English and American Studies, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

    Heike Paul

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Inayatullah, S. (2019). Futurology. In: Paul, H. (eds) Critical Terms in Futures Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28987-4_22

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