Publication details
Vliv vnímání budoucnosti na budoucnost
| Title in English | Impact of the peception of future on future |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2013 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Envigogika |
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| Citation | |
| web | http://www.envigogika.cuni.cz/index.php/Envigogika/article/view/229/html_229 |
| Field | Sociology, demography |
| Keywords | future; Thomas teorem; metanaration |
| Description | On the background of findings about growing negativism in society, this article aims to describe the impact a shared vision of the future may have on the actual future. The Thomas theorem and the ideas of the self-fulfilling prophecy, the placebo effect, and the Oedipus effect are explored. Lyotard’s concept of the metanarrative as a collection of “grand stories” helping legitimize social institutions on the basis of a common vision of the future is also mentioned. This article poses the question of whether there is a link between the current institutional crisis and growing negativism in society. The above-mentioned concepts are applied to create a hypothesis that the existence of a common positive vision of the future can potentially be an important element in the positive future development of society. |