First published in 1968, Yesterdayâ€s Tomorrows elucidates on the favourite occupation of man: forecasting the future. By manâ€s predictions, he mirrors his own wish-fulfilments, displacements, projections, denials, evasions and withdrawals. These predications can take the form of countries of the imagination, â€?mirror worlds†like Rabelais†Ever-Ever lands or the Erewhon of Butler. Alternatively, they may spring from panic, reflecting fear rather than hope, often manifesting themselves, in our technological age, as reports of â€?flying saucers†or invasions from another planet. In either form, they provide philosophers, scientists, doctors and sociologists with material for evaluating manâ€s future needs, offering both criticism of our present society, plans for our future, and release from tension and disequilibrium. Professor Armytage shows in this book how such â€?visions†can, and do, refresh minds for renewed grappling with the present by arming them with ideas for manâ€s future needs. He indicates that, out of an apparent welter of futuristic fantasies, a constructive debate about tomorrow is emerging, providing us with operational models of what tomorrow could be. This book will hold special interest for students of philosophy and of English literature.