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Memories of the Future (Paperback)
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Memories of the Future (Paperback)
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Life courses, both professional and personal, are often directed by
unplanned experiences. At crossroads, which path is followed and
which hard choices are made can change the direction of one's
future. Wendell Bell's life illustrates how totally unforeseen
events can shape individual lives. As he notes, despite our hopes
and our plans for the future, there is also serendipity, feedback,
twists and turns, chance and circumstance, all of which shape our
futures with sometimes surprising results. In Bell's case, such
twists and turns of chance and circumstance led to his role in
developing the new field of futures studies. In Memories of the
Future, Bell recognizes the importance of images of the future and
the effect of these images on events to come. Such images dreams,
visions, or whatever we call them help to determine our actions,
which, in turn, help shape the future, although not always in ways
that we intend. Bell illustrates, partly with the story of his own
life, how people remember such past images of the future and how
the memories of them linger and are often used to judge the real
outcomes of their lives. This is a fascinating view of the work of
an important social scientist and the people and events that helped
define his life. It is also about American higher education,
especially from the end of World War II through the 1960s and
1970s, a period of educational transformation that included the
spread of the merit system; the increase in ethnic, racial, gender,
and social diversity among students and faculty; and a massive
increase in research and knowledge.
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