Format:
1 Online-Ressource (264 Seiten)
ISBN:
9780231553490
Content:
In this cultural, literary, and intellectual history, Gayle Rogers traces the debates over speculation from antiquity to the present. Recasting centuries of contests over the power to anticipate tomorrow, this book reveals the crucial role speculation has played in how we create-and potentially destroy-the future
Note:
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Mirror and the Watchtower -- 2. Experimenting on Thought -- 3. Gambling on a Word -- 4. America the Speculative -- 5. Speculitis, or The Technologies of Prophecy -- 6. The Lady Speculator -- Conclusion: Speculative Risks, Inhuman Imaginations -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Rogers, Gayle Speculation New York : Columbia University Press,c2021
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
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Economics
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