Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1080/02604027.2022.2150043
M. Sági
Twenty-four years ago, at the ceremonial Hall of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, a historic event took place with the participation of His Holiness the Dalai Lama: World renowned thought leaders from many parts of the world came together to adopt and sign The Manifesto on the Spirit of Planetary Consciousness. In our time of crisis and transformation, guidance by a planetary consciousness is still more relevant than it was two decades ago. The introduction into the social and political practice of humanity of the spirit of this consciousness, as reflected in the words of the Manifesto, is more urgent and important than ever. For this reason we now call on our eminent Members and collaborators the world over to reflect on how we can bring the spirit of planetary consciousness to the attention of business people, politicians, writers and artists, as well as well-intentioned people in all spheres of society. We all need to realize the urgency and importance of placing the ideas incorporated in the Manifesto to the forefront of contemporary thinking and acting. The Manifesto begins with these words: “In the closing years of the 20th century, we have reached a crucial juncture in our history. We are on the threshold of a new stage of social, spiritual and cultural evolution, a stage that is as different from the stage of the earlier decades of this century as the grasslands were from the caves, and settled villages from life in nomadic tribes.” This observation describes the world of the 2020s just as much, and indeed even more than, it described the world of the closing years of the 20th century. Today we have entered on a radically new era, and we need wise insight to find our way. The Manifesto furnishes the fundamental elements of this insight. It merits being read and re-read, and placed in the forefront of our attention.
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Pub Date : 2022-11-30DOI: 10.1177/19467567221140607
Patrick van der Duin, D. Snijders
The Dutch government has a large and diverse range of advisory councils and planning agencies that produce studies of the future as an input to the development of strategic government policy. The work of these organisations is important and relevant, as well as very diverse in terms of their approach to the future, the methodologies they use, and the topics on which they focus. In particular, they serve different users, who all use these studies for their own purposes. As a result, there is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach to designing a futures study. To deal with this variety, we use a contingency approach with which we set up a framework presenting different ‘futures studies journeys’ that relate different user goals to different approaches to the future, to different phases in policy-processes in which the futures study is used, and to different methods to be employed.
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Pub Date : 2022-11-15DOI: 10.1080/02604027.2022.2111964
Victor Hainsworth
Abstract The paper is a discussion of the original concept of Holism by Jan Christiaan Smuts. Summarizing the precepts of Holism is followed by critiques of various natural science writers. A holistic “thought experiment” offers an answer to the question: Can you remove anything from the universe, the whole? Conversely, social science writers are suggested to be unscientific and colloquial at best to their understanding of Holism, with a few exceptions. Discussion continues with new information of how Holism is a force of change. Examples are provided to include three applications. Conclusion suggests the utility of Holism for scientific inquiry.
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Pub Date : 2022-11-03DOI: 10.1080/02604027.2022.2138072
Lisa M. Blair
Abstract These are postnormal times, a transitional period in human history characterized by global problems that manifest with an overwhelming sense of complexity, chaos, and contradictions including within our intimate love relationships. Utilizing an integrative transdisciplinary approach, this article provides an overview of recent literature, polling data, and current developments on a variety of themes around emotional intimacy in romantic partnership including: the digital age and online intimacy; dating during the coronavirus pandemic; and generational shifts in norms and values around marriage and cohabitation, gender identity, sexual identity, sex and pornography, and gender roles.
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Pub Date : 2022-11-01DOI: 10.1080/02604027.2022.2133529
C. Novara, A. Guazzini, P. Cardinali, C. Arcidiacono, Barbara Agueli, N. De Piccoli, Immacolata Di Napoli, Angela Fedi, Elisa Guidi, Florencia González Leone, E. Marta, D. Marzana, P. Meringolo, L. Migliorini, F. Procentese, C. Rollero, Ciro Esposito
Abstract The study examined how 807 undergraduate Italian students coped with synchronous, asynchronous, and blended learning environments during the COVID-19 pandemic. Strengths and weaknesses of online learning were collected via an electronic platform (SurveyMonkey) and then categorized by grounded theory analysis using ATLAS.ti 8.0 software. The results showed technical, practical, relational, organizational, and transformative features of online learning emerged, differentiated in synchronous, asynchronous, and blended modes. Emotional aspects also affected the evaluation of distance learning because depression and fear were more frequent among the students who found distance learning to be an obstacle rather than a resource or felt ambivalent about it.
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Pub Date : 2022-10-03DOI: 10.1080/02604027.2022.2048600
S. Inayatullah
Abstract Beginning with a genealogical gloss of the decline of Ayurvedic system in South Asian history, this essay moves to an alternative vision of the futures of health. It argues for a wholistic health model that includes global health cooperatives and integrates spirit with science. It uses Sarkar's theory of microvita as a conceptual framework to take placebo and nocebo seriously. While we imagine a rosy future, we are clear that the transition, as we are in now, will be associated with morbid symptoms and systems.
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Pub Date : 2022-08-24DOI: 10.1080/02604027.2022.2112776
Muhammad Fahad Anwar
Abstract As the world struggles to contain the Covid-19 pandemic, one thing is becoming clear: the world after the outbreak will be entirely different politically, socially, economically, and health-wise. No one will emerge from this crisis without suffering some loss. Previous threats to individual and social liberties were ineffective in changing our way of life, but now this vital asset of our civilization is in grave danger. The influential countries will redraw a new international order in the post-Covid-19 world, taking into account the lessons learned in coping with the current pandemic. The position of international organizations will be scrutinized as well. Low GDP growth, high debt, and reliance on oil and basic technology would make it difficult for developing countries to sustain independent foreign policies. In education, e-governance, commerce, and artificial intelligence; IT will play a significant role in all aspects of life. Monitoring of people with tracking devices will run counter to human rights issued in the name of security and protection. The tourism industry will continue to thrive, but visa requirements will be tightened. Covid-19 is teaching a valuable lesson. Survival of the fittest would not work in the march of civilization. Even if we have to bear them on our backs, we must accompany the poor and helpless.
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Pub Date : 2022-08-24DOI: 10.1080/02604027.2022.2094196
R. Saeedi
Abstract The modern economic paradigm is based on a business networking system developed through the capabilities and features of information technology. The prominent weakness of a supply/value chain is reflected in the networking system of manufacturing firms. Ecology facilitates the networking processes of businesses, especially business ecosystems. It also introduces the cooperation and competition of manufacturing companies in addition to co-creation with customers and other partners within the framework of ecological values. The interactions of organizational ecosystems result in ecological values for extracting ideas and demands from clients and other members of the network. Therefore, different views can be stored, categorized, and analyzed. Instead of eliminating rivals, corporations replace mere competition with cooperation and competition (coopetition); thus, the customer will be regarded as a resource for creating collaborative ideas and products instead of the means to make a further profit. Although the benefits of ICT are evident, the dark web issues and violations of user privacy require comprehensive and international decisions and standards formulated by political authorities.
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Pub Date : 2022-08-18DOI: 10.1080/02604027.2022.2050343
M. D. Segall
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