ISBN:
9780292736429
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xvii, 292 pages)
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illustrations
Edition:
1st ed
Edition:
Online-Ausg. [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library 2010 Electronic reproduction
Parallel Title:
Print version Eighth day
DDC:
573.2
Keywords:
Self-organizing systems
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Force and energy
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Social evolution
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Intro -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Preliminaries -- Principles and Explanations -- Anthropological Antecedents -- Monism and Materialism -- Studies of Energy and Society -- 2. Energy Process -- Energy Forms -- Equilibrium and Dissipative Structures -- Stability and Steady States -- Appendix: Note on Odum's "Energy Quality -- 3. Energy Dynamics -- The Laws of Thermodynamics -- Lotka's Principle -- Minimum Dissipation Principle -- Trigger-Flow Mechanisms and Principles -- 4. Self-Organization -- Introduction -- Equilibrium Bases of Self-Organization -- Autopoiesis -- Perturbations -- Self-Triggering -- Appendix: Order and Functional Organization -- 5. Culture -- Mental Self-Organization -- Informational Dynamics -- Cultural Process -- Appendix: Energy and Values -- 6. Domestication -- Domestication? Why Bother? -- Ecological and Human Controls -- Human Dominance, Culture, and Power -- Indigenous California Society -- The Emergence of Social Hierarchies -- Political and Ideological Implications -- Notes -- 7. Natural Selection -- The Broader Issue -- In Equilibrium Structures -- Self-Organization of Dissipative Structures -- Selection and Epistemology -- 8. Boundary Dynamics -- Social Boundaries -- Energetic Boundaries -- Environments and Closure -- 9. Civilization -- The Meaning of "Civilization -- Civilization as a Trigger -- The Origins and Future of Civilization -- Notes -- 10. Humanities -- The Classics -- Free-Floating Triggers -- 11. Expansion in Social Hierarchy: A Model -- Social Survival Vehicles and Coaxal Structures -- Novel and Secondary Constructions -- The Emergence of Hierarchy: Work and Regulation -- 12. Energy and Industrialization -- Modeling Industrialization Expansion -- The Energy Sector Model -- Interactive Changes among Sectors -- Expansion of the Regulatory Sector -- Notes.
Description / Table of Contents:
Preface; Introduction; 1. Preliminaries; Principles and Explanations; Anthropological Antecedents; Monism and Materialism; Studies of Energy and Society; 2. Energy Process; Energy Forms; Equilibrium and Dissipative Structures; Stability and Steady States; Appendix: Note on Odum's ""Energy Quality""; 3. Energy Dynamics; The Laws of Thermodynamics; Lotka's Principle; Minimum Dissipation Principle; Trigger-Flow Mechanisms and Principles; 4. Self-Organization; Introduction; Equilibrium Bases of Self-Organization; Autopoiesis; Perturbations; Self-Triggering
Description / Table of Contents:
Appendix: Order and Functional Organization5. Culture; Mental Self-Organization; Informational Dynamics; Cultural Process; Appendix: Energy and Values; 6. Domestication; Domestication? Why Bother?; Ecological and Human Controls; Human Dominance, Culture, and Power; Indigenous California Society; The Emergence of Social Hierarchies; Political and Ideological Implications; Notes; 7. Natural Selection; The Broader Issue; In Equilibrium Structures; Self-Organization of Dissipative Structures; Selection and Epistemology; 8. Boundary Dynamics; Social Boundaries; Energetic Boundaries
Description / Table of Contents:
Environments and Closure9. Civilization; The Meaning of ""Civilization""; Civilization as a Trigger; The Origins and Future of Civilization; Notes; 10. Humanities; The Classics; Free-Floating Triggers; 11. Expansion in Social Hierarchy: A Model; Social Survival Vehicles and Coaxal Structures; Novel and Secondary Constructions; The Emergence of Hierarchy: Work and Regulation; 12. Energy and Industrialization; Modeling Industrialization Expansion; The Energy Sector Model; Interactive Changes among Sectors; Expansion of the Regulatory Sector; Notes
Description / Table of Contents:
Postscript. Development and Contemporary Social EvolutionReferences; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-279) and index
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