Complexity and Sustainability

By:

Jennifer Wells

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics

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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.

Author Biography:

Jennifer Wells is Assistant Professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, USA

Release date Australia

July 17th, 2014

Author

Jennifer Wells

Audience

Tertiary Education (US: College)

Illustrations

22 Tables, black and white

Pages

368

Series

Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics

Dimensions

156x234x20

ISBN-13

9781138790742

Product ID

22126793

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