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The Anthropology of the

Future
Rebecca Bryant
Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands

and Daniel M. Knight

University of St Andrews, Scotland

Study of the future is an important new field in anthropology. Building on a

philosophical tradition running from Aristotle through Heidegger to Schatzki, this
book presents the concept of “orientations” as a way to study everyday life. It
analyses six main orientations - anticipation, expectation, speculation, potentiality,
hope and destiny - which represent different ways in which the future may affect
our present. While orientations entail planning towards and imagining the future,
they also often involve the collapse or exhaustion of those efforts: moments where
hope may turn to apathy, frustrated planning to disillusion, and imagination to May 2019
fatigue. By examining these orientations at different points, the authors argue for an 228 x 152 mm c.275pp

anthropology that takes fuller account of the teleologies of action.

Hardback 978-1-108-42185-0
Introduction: The Future of the Future in Anthropology; 1. Anticipation; 2. Expectation; 3. Original price
Speculation; 4. Potentiality; 5. Hope; 6. Destiny; Conclusion: The Future as Method £69.99
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Paperback 978-1-108-43437-9
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"To my mind, this is a work for the

ages, deftly informed by theory and
felt through people compelled to
mobilize prospects for rupture and
continuity, as a matter of very real
consequence."
Debbora Battaglia

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