The Future as a political idea
What happens to democracy and our societies when the future seems no longer open? We are told that todays elections. But the biggest issues facing the modern world - from climate collapse and pandemics to recession and world war - each seem to bring us to the edge of the irreversible.In this engaging, eye-opening history of the future, Jonathan White reveals the history of an idea and delves into how politics has long been directed by shifting visions of the future, from the birth of ideologies in the nineteenth century to Cold War secrecy and the excesses of the neoliberal age. As an inescapable sense of disaster defines our politics, he argues that a political commitment to the long-term may be the best way to safeguard democracy. WEEKEND Pass available *This talk is part of Full Circle Ideas Festival 2024*__________________________________________________________ABOUT The Speakerprof Jonathan White is Professor of...
The Future as a political idea
Full Circle House
Vleurgatsesteenweg 89
1050 Elsene
Tarief: 10Eu, 15Eu, 20Eu
Publiek: Vanaf 14 jaar
Internet: https://fullcircle.eu/event-5928326
Vrijdag : van 19:30 tot 21:0029 november