Alvin Toffler

This graduation thesis examines the work of the American sociologist and futurologist Alvin Toffler, classifies his theories in social-scientific and current social context and compares his wave theory of history to Huntingtons conception of the clash of civilizations. The first part of the work deals with Alvin Tofflers biography and it is primarily focused on his professional life, the summary of his pieces and it also introduces some principle issues of his output. It explains his terms future shock, the perspectives on economy, politics and power, science and technology, organizations, institution of the family, education, leisure time, media and war and analyzes the causes of the end of the Cold war and the downfall of socialism, seen by Alvin Toffler. The graduation thesis acquaints us with The Clash of Civilizations written by Samuel P. Huntington with the aim to stress the similar moments in their opinions and on the other hand the divergences, particularly in the term of civilization. It shows the different visions of the future and names the other authors concentrating themselves on the comparable topics, e.g. Francis Fukuyama. The end of the work points out the critique of Tofflers work and supplies general evaluation of his importance for scientists and public as well