Kenneth Boulding, Elias Khalil

Evolution, Order and Complexity

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume of essays explores the relationship between the natural and social worlds using general system theory.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 458g
• ISBN-13: 9781138866102
• ISBN-10: 1138866105
• Artikelnr.: 42740266

Autorenporträt

Kenneth Boulding, Elias Khalil

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Social Theory and Naturalism Elias L. Khalil Chapter 2
Inter-facing Complexity at a Boundary Between the Natural and Social
Sciences Karl H. PribamChapter 3 The Autonomy of Social Reality: On the
Contribution of Systems Theory to the Theory of Society Jean-Pierre Dupuy
Chapter 4 Ultradarwinian Explanation and the Biology of Social Systems
Niles EldredgeChapter 5 The Complexity of Social and Mental Structures in
Non-Human Mammals Hubert Hendrichs Chapter 6 On Social Nature of
Autopoietic Systems Milan ZelenyChapter 7 Organization, Function, and
Creativity in Biological and Social Systems Vilmos CsanyiChapter 8 Human
Society as an Emerging Global Superorganism: A Biological Perspective
Gregory B. Stock and John H. Campbell Chapter 9 Neurological and Social
Bases of Dominance in Human Society Henri Laborit Chapter 10 The
Propensities of Evolving Systems Robert E. Ulanowicz Chapter 11 Life Beyond
the Newtonian Paradigm: Creativity, Uncertainty and Learning Peter M. Allen
Chapter 12 Human Social Systems as Part of Ecosystems: Aspects Related to
Energy and Exosomatic Artifacts Ramon Margalef Chapter 13 Synergetics as a
Bridge Between the Natural and Social Sciences Hermann Haken Chapter 14 The
Problem of Observables in Models of Biological Organizations Howard H.
Pattee