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images of the future: a standalone construct

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images ofthe future1 CONSTRUCTImages of the futurePOLAK · FUTURES STUDIES

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Futures studies

the thesis that a culture's positive images of the future drive its development and that their decline foretells cultural decline.

In futures studies, images of the future refers to the thesis that a culture's positive images of the future drive its development and that their decline foretells cultural decline. This meaning comes from Polak (1955/1973) in The image of the future.[1]

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  1. Polak, F. (1973). The image of the future (E. Boulding, Trans.). Elsevier Scientific Pub. Co. (Original work published 1955) Open Library record

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