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Alvin Toffler: Knowledge, Technology and Change in Future Society

Alvin Toffler: Knowledge, Technology and Change in Future Society

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  • International Journal of Islamic Thought

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  • 2012

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In this article, we attempt at analysing the thoughts of Alvin Toffler. Toffler is a prominent futuristand 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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