Tutton, Richard Jc orcid.org/0000-0002-6946-6875 (2023) The Sociology of Futurelessness. Sociology. pp. 438-453. ISSN 1469-8684
Abstract
This paper contributes to ‘sociologies of the future’ by discussing the concept of ‘futurelessness’. I provide a conceptual elaboration of what is meant by ‘futurelessness’, beginning with its use in the psychological literature of the 1980s concerned with the effect of a constant threat of nuclear war. I argue that this concept is of value to ongoing sociological debates about the relationship between how the future is imagined, power, and social change. I further discuss the extent to which ‘futurelessness’ is a particular mode of relating to and feeling about the future that is characteristic of contemporary European societies. I discuss how this ‘futurelessness’ must be understood in relation to political and cultural developments of the past fifty years and consider its significance for sociological debates about contemporary futurity.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Authors/Creators: |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2022 |
Keywords: | Affect,futures,Neoliberalism,power,Sociology |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Sociology (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 19 Aug 2022 08:10 |
Last Modified: | 07 Feb 2025 00:34 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1177/00380385221122420 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/00380385221122420 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:190186 |
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