Literature/1996/Slaughter


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 * The term 'critical' is often misunderstood [...]. However, it does not simply mean 'to criticize'. Nor does it signify a negative or derivative stance. It is not threatening and should not be construed as such. Rather, it signifies a range of methods and tools through which we may look 'beneath the surface' of social reality in order to realize the full potential of futures work. Critical futures study does recognize the partiality of traditions, cognitive frameworks and ways of knowing. It is therefore possibile to problematize aspects of the existing social and economic order and to explore some of their contradictions. (p. 139)

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 * Richard Slaughter