Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Introduction. The Future Taken Seriously 1
4. 1. The Future of Democratic Societies 7
5. 2. The Temporal Landscape of Contemporary Society 23
6. 3. How Do We Know the Future? 34
7. 4. How Is the Future Decided? 49
8. 5. Who Is in Charge of the Future? 64
9. 6. Chronopolitics 77
10. 7. Politics in a Post-Heroic Society 90
11. 8. The Political Construction of Collective Hope 108
12. Bibliography 127