Traditions of Systems Theory

Major Figures and Contemporary Developments
Herausgeber: Arnold, Darrell

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The term 'systems theory' is used to characterize a set of disparate yet related approaches to fields as varied as information theory, cybernetics, biology, sociology, history, literature, and philosophy. What unites each of these traditions of systems theory is a shared focus on general features of systems and their fundamental importance for diverse areas of life. Yet there are considerable differences among these traditions, and each tradition has developed its own methodologies, journals, and forms of anaylsis. This book explores this terrain and provides an overview of and guide to the traditions of systems theory in their considerable variety. The book draws attention to the traditions of systems theory in their historical development, especially as related to the humanities and social sciences, and shows how from these traditions various contemporary developments have ensued. It provides a guide for strains of thought that are key to understanding 20th century intellectual life in many areas.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 386
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 558g
• ISBN-13: 9780815346890
• ISBN-10: 0815346891
• Artikelnr.: 52008675

Autorenporträt

Darrell P. Arnold is director of the Institute for World Languages and Cultures and assistant professor of philosophy at St. Thomas University in Miami Gardens, Florida. He has translated numerous books from German, including C. Mantzavinos's Naturalistic Hermeneutics and Matthias Vogel's Media of Reason. He writes on 19th century German philosophy, contemporary social theory, as well as technology and globalization, with a focus on how these diverse areas relate to the environmental problematic. Darrell is editor-in-chief of the Humanities and Technology Review.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Systems Theory: A Secret History of the 20th Century Darrell P. Arnold
Part I: Early Developments and Their Continued Repercussions Introduction
2. The Persistence of Information Theory Philipp Schweighauser 3.
Cybernetics: Thinking Through the Technology Ranulph Glanville 4. Expanding
the Self-Referential Paradox: The Macy Conferences and the Second Wave of
Cybernetic Thinking John Bruni 5. The Hermeneutical System of General
Systemology: Bertalanffian and Other Early Contributions to Its Foundations
and Development David Pouvreau 6. The Ethics of Epistemology: The Work of
the Constructivist and Cybernetician Heinz von Foerster, From the Vienna
Circle to the Cybernetic Circle Bernhard Pörksen 7. Maturana and
Varela: From Autopoiesis to Systems Applications Bob Mugerauer 8. Eugene
Odum and the Homeostatic Ecosystem: the Resilience of an Idea Joel Hagen
Part II: Systems Thinking in Sociology Introduction 9. Talcott Parsons: A
Sociological Theory of Action Systems Bettina Mahlert 10. Luhmann: Three
Key Concepts, System, Meaning, Autopoiesis Walter Reese-Schäfer 11. Systems
Historicized: Wallerstein's World-Systems Analysis W.L. Goldfrank Part III:
Further Contemporary Developments Introduction 12. Systems Theories and
Literary Studies Andrew McMurry 13. Systems Heuristics and Digital Culture
Raphael Sassower and Nimrod Bar-Am 14. A Brief Outline of Evolutionary
Cultural Ecology Peter Finke 15. Prigogine: The Interplay of Cosmos,
Complexity, and Culture Dorothea Olkowski 16. Systems Theory and Practice
in Organizational Change and Development Debora Hammond 17. Systems, Tools,
and Bateson's Cybernetics: A Joint Metalogue Nora Bateson and Phillip
Guddemi