Erich Jantsch

Jantsch, Erich
Photographed for NW Mag in May 1972
Born8 January 1929
Vienna, First Austrian Republic
Died12 December 1980 (1980-12-13) (aged 51)
Berkeley, California, U.S.

Erich Jantsch (8 January 1929 – 12 December 1980) was an Austrian system-theorist, philosopher, astrophysicist, engineer, educator, author,[1] consultant and futurist, especially known for his work in the social systems design movement in Europe in the 1970s.[2]

  1. ^ Emilio Ambasz al. "Erich Jantsch (1929-1980)," in: The Universitas Project: Solutions for a Post-technological Society, 2006, p. 490–1
  2. ^ Christakis, A.N.; Bausch, K. C. (2006). How people harness their collective wisdom and power to construct the future in co-laboratories of democracy. IAP. p. xvii. ISBN 1593114826.