| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 254 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-248) and index. |
| Contents |
Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 The Illusion of a Paradox; 2 Complexity Theory Comments and Critique; 3 Chaos Theory Comments and Critique; 4 Rene Thom's Catastrophe Theory Comments and Critique; 5 Introduction to the Dynamics of Crisis Theory; 6 Comments on Game Theory; 7 Introduction to Crisis Theory; 8 Order and Disorder I Crisis Theory; 9 Order and Disorder II Dynamics and Discontinuity; 10 Acceptance and Rejection The Critical Test; 11 Introduction to Order and Disorder; 12 Crisis Theory and the Strategy of Evolution; 13 Order and Disorder in Our Contemporary Era. |
| Summary |
Showing the limitations of chaos, catastrophe and complexity theories, this study applies the crisis theory approach to biological and social evolution and to the problems of our era. It emphasizes the paradox of industrialization and its consequences for wealthy and poor nations alike. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Order (Philosophy)
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Order (Philosophy) |
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Crises (Philosophy)
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Crises (Philosophy) |
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Evolution (Biology) -- Philosophy.
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Evolution (Biology) -- Philosophy. |
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Social evolution.
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Social evolution. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rich, David Z. Order and disorder. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2001 0275967875 (DLC) 00032380 |
| ISBN |
0313000743 (electronic book) |
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9780313000744 (electronic book) |
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0275967875 |
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9780275967871 |
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