Author(s) / Editor(s):

 Mykola Shulga, Doctor of Sociological Sciences, Professor, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Principal Research Fellow at the Department of Social Psychology, Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
email: chebrec@gmail.com
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7763-7195

Year: 2025

Pages: 103–141

Publication language: Ukrainian

Publisher: Institute of Sociology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Type of Publication: chapter in edited volume

Publication Place: Kyiv

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15407/book8.978-617-14-0292-8.04

Abstract: Without understanding the nature of time, it is impossible to comprehend expectations regarding the future. This section considers time as a specific social phenomenon, discussing the future in the future, the future in the present, and the future in the past. The author analyzes images of the future based on their reliability, content, and time horizon. A key distinction is made between images of the distant future (primarily based on imagination) and images of the near future (primarily based on concrete expectations).