The future now plays the same rhetorical role the pastoral past once played
Evidence
Today, the future has lost its imaginary cast and simultaneously become part of the pastoral tradition; it plays in the same language game as the past, though in inverted form. — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 755
Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 755
- XREF: connects to: Future-oriented discourse evades present political participation; Future-oriented discourse masks the loss of a genuine public sphere — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 765; Future literature mobilizes people toward predetermined ends — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 747 (+4 more)
Related
- Future-oriented discourse evades present political participation (similarity 0.91)
- Future-oriented discourse masks the loss of a genuine public sphere (similarity 0.85)
- Futures are increasingly represented in the forms of the past. (similarity 0.84)
- Future literature mobilizes people toward predetermined ends (similarity 0.84)
- The more present antagonisms intensify, the more the future is invoked as false unity. (similarity 0.82)
- Past predictions have foreclosed genuinely open futures (similarity 0.81)
- Failed predictions merely trigger appeals to yet another new future. (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Future-oriented discourse masks the loss of a genuine public sphere
#qualifies(0.60) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 765 - Future literature mobilizes people toward predetermined ends
#expands(0.60) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 747 - Truth about the past limits human power, future-dependent truth expands it
#expands(0.55) — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2937