| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 276 pages) : illustrations |
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Routledge frontiers of political economy ; 2 |
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Routledge frontiers of political economy ; 2.
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| Contents |
Social theory and naturalism : an introduction / Elias L. Khalil -- Interfacing complexity at a boundary between the natural and social sciences / Karl H. Pribram -- The autonomy of social reality : on the contribution of systems theory to the theory of society / Jean-Pierre Dupuy -- Ultra-Darwinian explanation and the biology of social systems / Niles Eldredge -- The complexity of social and mental structures in nonhuman mammals / Hubert Hendrichs -- On the social nature of autopoietic systems / Milan Zeleny -- Organization, function, and creativity in biological and social systems / Vilmos Csanyi -- Human society as an emerging global superorganism : a biological perspective / Gregory B. Stock and John H. Campbell -- Neurological and social bases of dominance in human society / Henri Laborit -- The propensities of evolving systems / Robert E. Ulanowicz -- Synergetics as a bridge between the natural and social sciences / Hermann Haken -- The problem of observables in models of biological organizations / Howard H. Pattee |
| Summary |
Evolution, Order and Complexity reflects topical interest in the relationship between the social and natural worlds. It represents the cutting edge of current thinking which challenges the natural/social dichotomy thesis by showing how the application of ideas which derive from biology can be applied and offer insight into the social realm. This is done by introducing the general system theory to the methodological debate on the relation of human and natural sciences |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Social evolution.
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Evolution (Biology)
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Social sciences -- Philosophy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Evolution (Biology)
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Social evolution
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Social sciences -- Philosophy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Khalil, Elias L., 1957-
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Boulding, Kenneth E. (Kenneth Ewart), 1910-1993.
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| LC no. |
95033146 |
| ISBN |
0203284909 |
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9780203284902 |
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9780203013151 |
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0203013158 |
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9780415137287 |
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0415137284 |
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9781134775842 |
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1134775849 |
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