ISBN:
1443892599
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9781443892599
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (vi, 220 pages)
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illustrations, maps
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Inventing the future in an age of contingency
DDC:
303.482
Keywords:
Intercultural communication Congresses
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Information technology Cross-cultural studies Social aspects
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Congresses
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Economics, finance, business & management
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Society & social sciences
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Information technology ; Social aspects
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Intercultural communication
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Conference papers and proceedings
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General
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Political science & theory
Abstract:
In a world where communication and language are not as divisive as they once were, we are experiencing a convergence unlike any other. Through technology and a broadening of our cultural understanding, we are opening doors and closing communication borders. While it is easier to adapt to and enter each other's worlds, still we must navigate complex systems to understand operations within groups and organisations. Our experiences allow us more acceptance, but education is the only door to full comprehension. The chapters in this volume challenge readers to explore complexity theory and offer el
Abstract:
Table of Contents; Presentation: Time as Systemic Convergence; In Search of the Lost Model; Pierre Delattre's Contribution to Contemporary Systemic Epistemology and its Implications for a Complex Approach to Law; WCSA in the Emergent Supranational World Order; The Shaping and Development of a Library-based Scientific World-Conception; A New Systems Tool for Predicting the Future in an Age of Contingency; Interactive Media Art and the Materiality of Communication toward Cultural Agency; Basic Notions of the Systemic View
Abstract:
The Problem of Time and Evolution from the Perspective of Systemic SociologyThe Systemic Approach to Urban Identity for the Understanding of Social Contingency; Innovation between Economy and Culture; The Sociology of Risk as Criminal Political Support of Negligent Crimes and their Impact on Economic Criminal Law; Grounding Complawxity; The Place of Our Earth in the Universe and Turning-Points in its Life; Applied Systemic Approach and Vision for Strategic Business Consulting; Contributors
Note:
Based on papers from the 2014 WCSA conference in Budapest
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Includes bibliographical references
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