Toffler Elvin Biography
Alvin Toffler Alvin Toffler; - - an American philosopher, social thinker and futurologist, one of the authors of the popular concept of post -industrial civilization. The author of many books and articles. He has honorary doctoral degrees in literature, law, natural science. Married Haydi Toffler, who is also a futurologist and co -author of many of his books. The real work was first published in the year and became an international bestseller, and its name was included in English as an ideas.
This is the first part of the trilogy he had conceived to the development of modern civilization. The main idea of the author is that society is experiencing extraordinary structural changes associated with the revolutionary transition from the "industrial society" to the "super -industrial society". Society and man faced the task of adapting not only to the changes that are taking place, but also to the expected ones.
The author hopes that the measures proposed by him will be able to help a person survive in a new reality and prevent the “shock of the future”. The expression of gratitude among the most revered stereotypes of our time is the idea that the life of the author is lonely, that his ideas arise from a certain mystical internal source and that he writes, being in the power of inspiration.
Many professional writers know better. However, these descriptions may well be applied to other authors and other books, but they are not applicable to this. The only most significant influence on this book, in addition to my own, was the influence of my wife Heidi, who was not included in the proverb “a patient spouse who did not allow children to be in the author of the author,” but rather an active intellectual partner discussing the item that forces me to clarify and integrate the concepts on which the book is based.
As before, she was also a home editor reading or listening to each chapter, offering reductions, additions and fresh ideas. To a large extent, this is her book. Several friends also read the entire manuscript or part in advance, making valuable comments. Dr. Donald F. Klein, Head of Psychiatric Research at the New York Hilsaid Hospital; Dr. Herbert Gerjoy, psychologist; Dr.
Benjamin Singer, a sociologist, and Harold Lee Studler were kind enough to help me in this way. I also have to thank Miss Bonnie Brauer, who acted as an assistant research assistant in the early stages of the project and cheerfully helped me filter the mass of material, sometimes depressing lumbagonal on my table. I must express special gratitude to Professor Alice L. Phillips for the superhuman patience shown, which allowed me to delay important obligations to the fund again and again while I was finishing this book.
Elvin Toffler.