Alvin Toffler: Knowledge Technology and Change in Future Society
Journal Title: International Journal of Islamic Thought - Year 2012, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
In this article, we attempt at analysing the thoughts of Alvin Toffler. Toffler is a prominent futurist and the proponent of the theory of ‘The Third Wave society’. In his theory, Toffler has explicitly discussed the role of knowledge and technology in effecting changes and thus shaping the coming of the new type of society in the future.
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Wan Fariza Alyati Wan Zakaria
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