Old Futures

Author : Alexis Lothian
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781479803439

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Old Futures by Alexis Lothian Pdf

Traverses the history of imagined futures from the 1890s to the 2010s, interweaving speculative visions of gender, race, and sexuality from literature, film, and digital media Old Futures explores the social, political, and cultural forces feminists, queer people, and people of color invoke when they dream up alternative futures as a way to imagine transforming the present. Lothian shows how queer possibilities emerge when we practice the art of speculation: of imagining things otherwise than they are and creating stories from that impulse. Queer theory offers creative ways to think about time, breaking with straight and narrow paths toward the future laid out for the reproductive family, the law-abiding citizen, and the believer in markets. Yet so far it has rarely considered the possibility that, instead of a queer present reshaping the ways we relate to past and future, the futures imagined in the past can lead us to queer the present. Narratives of possible futures provide frameworks through which we understand our present, but the discourse of “the” future has never been a singular one. Imagined futures have often been central to the creation and maintenance of imperial domination and technological modernity; Old Futures offers a counterhistory of works that have sought––with varying degrees of success––to speculate otherwise. Examining speculative texts from the 1890s to the 2010s, from Samuel R. Delany to Sense8, Lothian considers the ways in which early feminist utopias and dystopias, Afrofuturist fiction, and queer science fiction media have insisted that the future can and must deviate from dominant narratives of global annihilation or highly restrictive hopes for redemption. Each chapter chronicles some of the means by which the production and destruction of futures both real and imagined takes place: through eugenics, utopia, empire, fascism, dystopia, race, capitalism, femininity, masculinity, and many kinds of queerness, reproduction, and sex. Gathering stories of and by populations who have been marked as futureless or left out by dominant imaginaries, Lothian offers new insights into what we can learn from efforts to imaginatively redistribute the future.

Author : Helena Norberg Hodge
Publisher : Random House
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781448176236

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Ancient Futures by Helena Norberg Hodge Pdf

Ladakh, or 'Little Tibet', is a wildly beautiful desert land up in the Western Himalayas. It is a place of few resources and an extreme climate. Yet for more than a thousand years, it has been home to a thriving culture. Traditions of frugality and cooperation, coupled with an intimate and location-specific knowledge of the environment, enabled the Ladakhis not only to survive, but to prosper. Everyone had enough to eat; families and communities were strong; the status of women was high. Then came 'development'. Now in the modern sector one finds pollution and divisiveness, inflation and unemployment, intolerance and greed. Centuries of ecological balance and social harmony are under threat from pressures of Western consumerism. Ancient Futures is much more than a book about Ladakh. Passionately argued, it raises important questions about the whole notion of progress, and explores the root causes of the malaise of industrial society. At the same time, the story of Ladakh serves as a source of inspiration for our own future. It shows us that another way is possible, and points to some of the first steps towards kinder, gentler patterns of living.

Author : United States. Federal Trade Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105219394256

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Report on Economic Effects of Grain Exchange Actions Affecting Futures Trading During the First Six Months of 1946 by United States. Federal Trade Commission Pdf

Author : John A Vincent,Chris Phillipson,Murna Downs
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2006-05-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781849202756

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The Futures of Old Age by John A Vincent,Chris Phillipson,Murna Downs Pdf

What is the future of old age? How will families, services, and economies adapt to an older population? Such questions often provoke extreme and opposing answers: some see ageing populations as having the potential to undermine economic growth and prosperity; others see new and exciting ways of living in old age. The Futures of Old Age places these questions in the context of social and political change, and assesses what the various futures of old age might be. Prepared by the British Society of Gerontology, The Futures of Old Age brings together a team of leading international gerontologists from the United Kingdom and United States, drawing on their expertise and research. The book′s seven sections deal with key contemporary themes including: population ageing; households and families; health; wealth; pensions; migration; inequalities; gender and self; and identity in later life.

Author : Helena Norberg-Hodge
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780692864241

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Ancient Futures, 3rd Edition by Helena Norberg-Hodge Pdf

A moving portrait of tradition and change in Ladakh, or "Little Tibet," Ancient Futures is also a scathing critique of the global economy and a rallying call for economic localization. When Helena Norberg-Hodge first visited Ladakh in 1975, she found a pristine environment, a self-reliant economy and a people who exhibited a remarkable joie de vivre. But then came a tidal wave of economic growth and development. Over the last four decades, this remote Himalayan land has been transformed by outside markets and Western notions of "progress." As a direct result, a whole range of problems--from polluted air and water to unemployment, religious conflict, eating disorders and youth suicide--have appeared for the first time. Yet this is far from a story of despair. Social and environmental breakdown, Norberg-Hodge argues, are neither inevitable nor evolutionary, but the products of political and economic decisions--and those decisions can be changed. In a new Preface, she presents a kaleidoscope of projects around the world that are pointing the way for both human and ecological well-being. These initiatives are the manifestation of a rapidly growing localization movement, which works to rebuild place-based cultures--strengthening community and our connection with nature. Ancient Futures challenges us to redefine what a healthy economy means, and to find ways to carry centuries-old wisdom into our future. The book and a related film by the same title have, between them, been translated into more than 40 languages.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 682 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Commodity exchanges
ISBN : MINN:31951D03258003D

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Commitments of Traders in Commodity Futures by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 854 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Commodity exchanges
ISBN : MINN:31951T00116509U

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Commitments of Traders in Commodity Futures, Chicago and New York by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UIUC:30112018464369

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Commitments of Traders in Commodity Futures by United States. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Pdf

Includes data for cotton, frozen concentrated orange juice, potatoes, wool, and imported frozen fresh boneless beef.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1981-04
Category : Commodity exchanges
ISBN : MINN:31951T001165141

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Commitments of Traders in Commodity Futures (with Market Concentration Ratios) by Anonim Pdf

Includes data for wheat, corn, oats, soybeans, soybean oil, soybean meal, coconut oil, crude palm oil, eggs, cattle, frozen pork bellies, and live hogs.

Author : Phil Christman
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781948742764

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Midwest Futures by Phil Christman Pdf

A virtuoso book about midwestern identity and the future of the region. Named a Commonweal Notable Book of 2020, a finalist for a Midwest Independent Book award, and winner of the Independent Publisher Awards' 2020 Bronze Medal fo

Author : Kazue Harada
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004468849

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Sexuality, Maternity, and (Re)productive Futures by Kazue Harada Pdf

Sexuality, Maternity, and (Re)productive Futures explores how contemporary Japanese female speculative fiction writers have challenged historical inequalities of sex, gender difference, and family roles by imagining alternative worlds where sexes are fluid and childbearing crosses the boundaries of male/female, biological/bioengineered, and human/nonhuman.

Author : Peter Frase
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781781688144

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Four Futures by Peter Frase Pdf

An exploration of the utopias and dystopias that could develop from present society Peter Frase argues that increasing automation and a growing scarcity of resources, thanks to climate change, will bring it all tumbling down. In Four Futures, Frase imagines how this post-capitalist world might look, deploying the tools of both social science and speculative fiction to explore what communism, rentism and extermininsm might actually entail. Could the current rise of the real-life robocops usher in a world that resembles Ender's Game? And sure, communism will bring an end to material scarcities and inequalities of wealth—but there's no guarantee that social hierarchies, governed by an economy of "likes," wouldn't rise to take their place. A whirlwind tour through science fiction, social theory and the new technologies are already shaping our lives, Four Futures is a balance sheet of the socialisms we may reach if a resurgent Left is successful, and the barbarisms we may be consigned to if those movements fail.

Author : Helena Norberg-Hodge
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1732980403

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Local Is Our Future by Helena Norberg-Hodge Pdf

"Globalization has no future. Political stability is a thing of the past; climate chaos is intensifying; anxiety disorders are of epidemic proportions; extremism and fundamentalism are becoming the norm. And yet we cling to the wreckage. Politicians of every hue continue to be in thrall to the global market. To challenge 'free trade,' which is the very essence of globalization, is all but unthinkable. But challeng it we must. And replace it. The future will be local. And the good news is that it is already happening. Under the radar of the mainstream media, a worldwide localization movement is emerging. On every continent, people are coming together to claw back control over their own economies, and in doing so are rebuilding connections to one another, while repairing fractured communities and damaged environments."--Publisher's descriptio

Author : Anna Klosowska,Catherine E. Karkov,Vincent W. J. van Gerven Oei
Publisher : punctum books
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781950192755

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Disturbing Times by Anna Klosowska,Catherine E. Karkov,Vincent W. J. van Gerven Oei Pdf

From Kehinde Wiley to W.E.B. Du Bois, from Nubia to Cuba, Willie Doherty's terror in ancient landscapes to the violence of institutional Neo-Gothic, Reagan's AIDS policies to Beowulf fanfiction, this richly diverse volume brings together art historians and literature scholars to articulate a more inclusive, intersectional medieval studies. It will be of interest to students working on the diaspora and migration, white settler colonialism and pogroms, Indigenous studies and decolonial methodology, slavery, genocide, and culturecide. The authors confront the often disturbing legacies of medieval studies and its current failures to own up to those, and also analyze fascist, nationalist, colonialist, anti-Semitic, and other ideologies to which the medieval has been and is yoked, collectively formulating concrete ethical choices and aims for future research and teaching.In the face of rising global fascism and related ideological mobilizations, contemporary and past, and of cultural heritage and history as weapons of symbolic and physical oppression, this volume's chapters on Byzantium, Medieval Nubia, Old English, Hebrew, Old French, Occitan, and American and European medievalisms examine how educational institutions, museums, universities, and individuals are shaped by ethics and various ideologies in research, collecting, and teaching.

Author : Malka Older
Publisher : Tor.com
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780765393371

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Null States by Malka Older Pdf

"Kinetic and gripping" —NPR on Infomocracy Null States continues Campbell Award finalist Malka Older's Centenal Cycle, the near-future science fiction trilogy beginning with Infomocracy • The book The Huffington Post called "one of the greatest literary debuts in recent history" • Named one of the best books of the year by The Washington Post, The Verge, Flavorwire, Kirkus, and Book Riot • A Locus Award Finalist for Best First Novel The future of democracy is about to implode. After the last controversial global election, the global infomocracy that has ensured thirty years of world peace is fraying at the edges. As the new Supermajority government struggles to establish its legitimacy, agents of Information across the globe strive to keep the peace and maintain the flows of data that feed the new world order. In the newly-incorporated DarFur, a governor dies in a fiery explosion. In Geneva, a superpower hatches plans to bring microdemocracy to its knees. In Central Asia, a sprawling war among archaic states threatens to explode into a global crisis. And across the world, a shadowy plot is growing, threatening to strangle Information with the reins of power. THE CENTENAL CYCLE Book 1: Infomocracy Book 2: Null States Book 3: State Tectonics At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.