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Thinking the Human System : The Application of Humanities and Social Science Reasoning to Societal Problems

Andersson, Jenny and Larsson Heidenblad, David LU (2022) p.207-230
Abstract
Between 1967 and 1972, Swedish futures studies emerged as a distinct political and intellectual endeavor. In this development, the humanities and social sciences played a special role, especially through the idea that human knowledge and knowledge about a “human system” could be brought to bear on societal problems and used to forge a new approach to the future. We focus here on two scholars, historian Birgitta Odén and geographer Torsten Hägerstrand, proposing that they were important f igures in developing a new engagement with problems of social and human time in Swedish social science and humanities research.
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Sweden, Cold War, humanities and social science, system, values
host publication
The Humanities and the Modern Politics of Knowledge : The Impact and Organization of the Humanities in Sweden, 1850-2020 - The Impact and Organization of the Humanities in Sweden, 1850-2020
editor
Ekström, Anders and Östh Gustafsson, Hampus
pages
24 pages
publisher
Amsterdam University Press
ISBN
9789048555024
9789463728867
DOI
10.5117/9789463728867
project
Lund Centre for the History of Knowledge
Knowing the world: Children, global education and environmental activism in Sweden after 1945
language
English
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yes
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854609cc-d190-4c7f-b85e-5f4028f9fa70
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https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789048555024/the-humanities-and-the-modern-politics-of-knowledge
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2022-09-08 12:39:21
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  author       = {{Andersson, Jenny and Larsson Heidenblad, David}},
  booktitle    = {{The Humanities and the Modern Politics of Knowledge : The Impact and Organization of the Humanities in Sweden, 1850-2020}},
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  isbn         = {{9789048555024}},
  keywords     = {{Sweden; Cold War; humanities and social science; system; values}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{207--230}},
  publisher    = {{Amsterdam University Press}},
  title        = {{Thinking the Human System : The Application of Humanities and Social Science Reasoning to Societal Problems}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.5117/9789463728867}},
  doi          = {{10.5117/9789463728867}},
  year         = {{2022}},
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