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Berghahn Books The World Ahead An Anthropologist Anticipates the Future 2005 Edition by Margaret Mead
Born in the first year of the 20th century, it is fitting that Margaret Mead should have been one of the first anthropologists to use anthropological analysis to study the future course of human civilization. This volume collects, for the first time, her writings on the future of humanity and how humans can shape that future through purposeful action. For Mead, the study of the future was born out of her lifelong interest in processes of change. Many of these papers were originally published as conference proceedings or in limited-circulation journals, testimony before government bodies and chapters in works edited by others. They show Mead's wisdom, prescience and concern for the future of humanity. Table of contents :- Series PrefaceWilliam O. BeemanIntroductionRobert B. TextorMargaret Mead's Historic ContributionMead and Futures StudiesMead's Intellectual Approach and Expressive StyleEditor's Personal Contacts with Dr. MeadAppendix: The Rationale and Future of Anticipatory AnthropologyAcknowledgementsTWENTY-FIVE WRITINGS AND LECTURES BY MARGARET MEAD1943: The Family in the Future1945: Human Differences and World Order1950: Unique Possibilities of the Melting Pot1962: The Psychology of Warless Man1963a: Beyond the Nuclear Family1963b: Patterns of Worldwide Cultural Change in the 1960s1966a: One World-But Which Language?1966b: The University and Institutional Change1967: Changing Cultural Patterns of Work and Leisure1968a: New Year's-A Universal Birthday1968b: Alternatives to War1968c: The Crucial Role of the Small City in Meeting the Urban Crisis1968d: Statement [on Aging And Retirement]1968e: Some Social Consequences of a Guaranteed Income1969: Man On the Moon1970a: Education for Humanity1970b: Kalinga Prize Acceptance Speech1971: A Note on Contributions of Anthropology to the Science of the Future1973a: The Kind of City We Want1973b: Prospects for World Harmony1974a: Opening Address [to The Society for General Systems Research]1974b: Changing Perspectives on Modernization1974c: Ways to Deal with the Current Social Transformation1975: Discussion [about How Anthropologists Can Perform Better in Applied Roles]1977: Our Open-Ended FutureIndex