Alliterative logic: A theory for postnormal times

Sam Cole

doi:10.1016/j.futures.2010.10.010

Alliterative logic: A theory for postnormal times

Sam Cole

Urban and Regional Planning

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This commentary responds to some of the issues raised in Zia Sardar's paper " Welcome to Postnormal Times" noting and attempting to explain points of difference and similarity. From Sardar's invocation of the 3C's of complexity, chaos and contradiction emerges the idea that our postnormal times might be likened to the strange times following the Great Plague that gave rise to the Alliterative Revival. Speculating further, it is questioned whether, in such strange times, utopian futures studies substitute for prayer.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	209-215
Number of pages	7
Journal	Futures
Volume	43
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2010.10.010
State	Published - Mar 2011

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