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A Creative Philosophy of Anticipation

Futures in the Gaps of the Present

John O’Reilly editor Jamie Brassett editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:26th Apr '21

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This edited collection highlights the valuable ontological and creative insights gathered from anticipation studies, which orients itself to the future in order to recreate the present.

The gathered essays engage with many writers from speculative metaphysics to poetic philosophy, ancient writing systems to the fringes of pataphysics. The book situates itself as a creative intervention in and with various thinkers, designers, artists, scientists and poets to offer insight into ways of anticipating. It brings together philosophical practices for which creativity is both a fundamental area of consideration and a mode of working, a characterization of recent Continental Philosophy which takes a departure from traditional futures studies thinking.

This book will be of interest to scholars and research in futures studies, anticipation, philosophy, creative practice and theories about creative practice, as well as the intersections between philosophy, creativity and business.

"There is a societal need to diversify our thinking about the future, moving beyond the troubled metaphors of blank slates, open roads and sleek machinery. This collection seeks to broaden and deepen our philosophical understanding of anticipation, helpfully questioning how creativity and imagination can serve to reframe the present."

Cynthia Selin, Associate Professor, School for the Future of Innovation in Society/ School of Sustainability/ Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes/ Arizona State University; Associate Fellow, Said Business School/University of Oxford

ISBN: 9780367234560

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 580g

266 pages