TY - BOOK ID - 77899405 TI - The future and its enemies : in defense of political hope AU - Innerarity, Daniel AU - Kingery, Sandra PY - 2012 SN - 0804782210 9780804782210 0804775567 9780804775564 0804775575 9780804775571 PB - Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Future, The - Political aspects. KW - Future, The -- Political aspects. KW - Political science - Philosophy. KW - Political science -- Philosophy. KW - Social prediction. KW - Political science KW - Future, The KW - Social prediction KW - Political Science KW - Law, Politics & Government KW - Political Science Theory KW - Prediction, Social KW - Social forecasting KW - Sociological prediction KW - Forecasting KW - Sociology KW - Social indicators KW - Time KW - Political philosophy KW - Philosophy KW - Political aspects KW - Statistical methods KW - Philosophy. KW - Political aspects. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77899405 AB - Humans may be the only creatures conscious of having a future, but all too often we would rather not think about it. Likewise, our societies, unable to deal with radical uncertainty, do not make policies with a view to the long term. Instead, we suffer from a sense of powerlessness, collective irrationality, and perennial political discontent. In The Future and Its Enemies, Spanish philosopher Daniel Innerarity makes a plea for a new social contract that would commit us to moral and political responsibility with respect to future generations. He urges us to become advocate ER -