{"id":2611,"date":"2022-06-14T18:15:26","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T17:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/unesco\/?p=2611"},"modified":"2022-06-14T18:15:26","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T17:15:26","slug":"histories-of-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/unesco\/?p=2611","title":{"rendered":"Histories of the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbury.com\/uk\/historical-understanding-9781350168794\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2614 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/unesco\/files\/2022\/06\/9781350168794.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"154\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/unesco\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/209\/files\/sites\/209\/2022\/06\/9781350168794.jpeg 568w, https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/unesco\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/209\/files\/sites\/209\/2022\/06\/9781350168794-200x300.jpeg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 154px) 100vw, 154px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For a number of years I had been wondering why my historian colleagues did not seem to care very much about ever applying their many skills to making sense of the future as much as of the past. Both past and future are after all directly linked in the present.<\/p>\n<p>Now a very nice looking book on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbury.com\/uk\/historical-understanding-9781350168794\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Historical Understanding &#8211; Past, Present, and Future <\/em><\/a>has been published that breaks new ground into exactly that direction. And I am very glad I could contribute with an essay on &#8220;Periodization of the future&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a number of years I had been wondering why my historian colleagues did not seem to care very much about ever applying their many skills to making sense of the future as much as of the past. Both past and future are after all directly linked in the present. 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