The image of the future: an optimistic view (review of the collective monograph "A positive image of the future: theory, history, methods of construction" (Rostov-on-Don - Taganrog. Publishing house of the Southern Federal University, 2021, 268 p.)

The review of the collective monograph “The Positive image of the future: theory, history, methods of construction” (Rostov-on-Don - Taganrog. Publishing House of the Southern Federal University, 2021, 268 p.), written as part of the research under the RFBR grant 20-011-00581 “Socio-cultural strategies for the formation of positive images of the future”, provides an overview and analysis of the positions of the authors of the chapters. The reviewer makes the subject of his interest, first of all, the theoretical and methodological component of the monograph, although he also notes the importance of practice-oriented chapters.