Book review: Placing the future / ed by J. Glückler, M. Garschagen, R. Panitz. – Cham: Springer, 2025. – X, 342 p.

Pryazhnikova O.N.

Abstract

This collective monograph presents a number of new approaches within the social sciences and humanities to proactive thinking about the future, going beyond traditional forecasting. In the face of modern challenges, it is proposed, in particular, to actively use the creative potential of imagination to create a favorable image of the future that may be realized.

Keywords

future; forecasting; utopia of extinction; design futures; techniques of futuring; post-growth; presentism; space.

DOI: 10.31249/rsoc/2026.01.05

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