当代西方未来主义是本世纪下半叶风靡西方的一种社会思潮。它产生于二十世纪四十年代,主要探讨关于科学技术和社会未来发展的前景,揭示按照人类各种选择走向未来的可能性。其世界观和方法论具有浓列的政治意识形态色彩。当代西方未来主义虽然成熟较晚,却有着源远流长的历史。本文试对这一历史过程作一简要的追溯。 Contemporary Western futurism is a social trend of thought prevailing in the West in the second half of this century. It was born in the 1940s and mainly explores prospects for the future development of science, technology and society and reveals the possibility of moving toward the future in accordance with the various choices of humankind. Its worldview and methodology have a rich political ideological color. Although modern western futurism matures later, it has a long history. This paper attempts to make a brief retrospective of this historical process.