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ISBN 9780275949105
内容説明
This study applies the findings of the new nonlinear sciences to understanding the processes of growing complexity and intensifying chaos in the modern world. It also identifies and reviews approaches for living and coping with these trends. Uri Merry seeks to clarify the role of chaos in the transformation of the social sciences to new orders by re-examining and re-evaluating some of the basic tenets of modern social and behavioral science in light of theories of chaos, self-organization, and complexity. Divided into three sections, the work provides an overview of the major findings of the new science of chaos; analyzes why chaos is on the upsurge and why human society is experiencing such anxiety about it; and surveys some of the major approaches for dealing with chaos in society, organizations, and our personal lives.
目次
Preface The New Sciences What Is Chaos? Order and Science How Chaos Develops The Science of Self-Organization The Science of Complexity The Growth of Uncertainty The Complexity Spiral The Control Trap The Shifting Eras The Adaptation Crisis Coping with Uncertainty Living with Uncertainty Transforming Ourselves The Coming Era The Self-Organizing Universe Human Agency in Evolution Bibliography Index
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: pbk ISBN 9780275951528
内容説明
This study applies the findings of the new nonlinear sciences to understanding the processes of growing complexity and intensifying chaos in the modern world. It also identifies and reviews approaches for living and coping with these trends. Uri Merry seeks to clarify the role of chaos in the transformation of the social sciences to new orders by re-examining and re-evaluating some of the basic tenets of modern social and behavioral science in light of theories of chaos, self-organization, and complexity. Divided into three sections, the work provides an overview of the major findings of the new science of chaos; analyzes why chaos is on the upsurge and why human society is experiencing such anxiety about it; and surveys some of the major approaches for dealing with chaos in society, organizations, and our personal lives.
目次
Preface
The New Sciences
What Is Chaos?
Order and Science
How Chaos Develops
The Science of Self-Organization
The Science of Complexity
The Growth of Uncertainty
The Complexity Spiral
The Control Trap
The Shifting Eras
The Adaptation Crisis
Coping with Uncertainty
Living with Uncertainty
Transforming Ourselves
The Coming Era
The Self-Organizing Universe
Human Agency in Evolution
Bibliography
Index
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