Young adults’ hopes for the long-term future
From re-enchantment with technology to faith in humanity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12600855 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Julia Cook (0000-0002-1592-915X, The University of Melbourne, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 517-532 |
| Publication date | 2015-09-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Youth Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1367-6261 • E-ISSN: 1469-9680 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13676261.2015.1083959 |
| OpenAlex | W2207317542 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 36 |
| References cited | 34 |
Recent scholarly research has claimed that young people are predominantly concerned with their immediate 'horizon of planning', resulting in an outlook upon the future that is dominated by present-day concerns. By distinguishing between choices and plans, on the one hand, and hope and faith, on the other, this article analyses how young people relate to the future through their attitudes about responsibility and technology in order to complicate this narrative. The data are drawn from an interview project in which 28 young adults (aged 18–34) discuss both their own future and a general idea of the future of society. Two key findings are discussed. Firstly, respondents are found to place faith in the potential of technology to mitigate future predicaments, and secondly, respondents are found to ascribe mystical or magical qualities to technology. Drawing on these findings, this article suggests that the oft-cited attitude that technology will develop in time to meet the needs of the future does not simply signify a deferral of responsibility onto future generations. Instead, by drawing on scholarship on re-enchantment it is argued that for young adults technological development can represent a refuge of faith and hope for the future
Aesthetics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Faith · Humanity · Narrative · Political science · Scholarship · Sociology · Children's Rights and Participation · Identity, Memory, and Therapy · Law · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
Biographical Life Course Research
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The Present Shock and Time Re-appropriation in the Pandemic Era
Education and the Future
Recognition and operationalization of Future‐Scaffolding Skills
Futurising science education
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The influence of artificial intelligence within health-related risk work
‘In-between’ and other reasonable ways to deal with risk and uncertainty
Youth Attitudes Towards Their Future
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Figures of youth
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Social change and modernity
Risk Society
The Discovery of Grounded Theory
Risk, Environment and Modernity
Among Demons and Wizards
Social Acceleration
The Politics of Climate Change
Individualization
Living in Denial
Without hope everything would be doom and gloom’
I reckon my life will be easy, but my kids will be buggered’
Where is the future? Time and space as categories in analyses of young people's images of the future
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Self-concept consistency and future orientation during the transition to adulthood
Becoming an adult
The prevalence of ‘life planning’
A lesson for the future
Dreams and expectations
Retrieving the dream
Risk society
Time
Stumbling towards collapse
The Postmodern Condition
The inherent tensions and ambiguities of hope
Individualized responsibility
To Plan or Not to Plan
Timespans and Plans Among Young Adults
Young People's Time Perspectives
| Unique citing works | 36 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,6 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 36 |