Complexity and Sustainability Contributor(s): Wells, Jennifer (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138790745 ISBN-13: 9781138790742 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $65.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economics - General - Business & Economics | Development - Sustainable Development - Political Science | Public Policy - Economic Policy |
Dewey: 338.927 |
Series: Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 9" (1.10 lbs) 368 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Complex dynamic system studies have been studied explicitly in the natural sciences, and most only implicitly throughout other fields. Yet much great social theory and philosophy is in fact based in complexity, and important concepts like postmodernism, risk, and collapse all stem from complexity. Six key terms are explored: nonlinearity, feedbacks, thresholds, hierarchies, emergence and self-organization, and dozens of related principles are discussed, with a focus on uncertainty, risk, vulnerability, learning, strategy, resilience, collapse and sustainability. The book surveys the role of these complexity principles in the natural sciences, social theory, transdisciplinary discourse, philosophy, and ethics, and shows how this complexity framework is a valuable lens for approaching the spectre of climate change and life in the Anthropocene. |