A New Kind of Social Science: Study of Self-organization of Human DynamicsLulu.com, 2003 - 184 pages This book introduces a new kind of social inquiry centered in exploration of the self-organizing nature of human dynamics. By studying the ways self-organization manifests: its origin and characteristics, its stimulators and impediments, catalysts and inhibitors, factors which support, sustain, impede, or block its inward and outward realizations, the author reveals new challenging insights which remain hidden if one continues to study society as an object of research separated from the unique and fathomless richness of the whirling complexity of individual dynamics. The author links the study of social complexity with his original research into uncertainty inherent in human knowing and learning. This makes the book equally attractive and valuable as a comprehensive theoretical and practical guide into the exciting dimensions of a new kind of social science for researchers and students in the field of social complexity, management, psychology and philosophy. |
Contents
Complex Nature of Human Dynamics | 1 |
Complexity of Human Life | 19 |
Law of Requisite Vorticity in Human Dynamics | 31 |
Strange Attractors of Meaning | 73 |
Swarmlike Dynamics in Organisations | 81 |
Complex Dynamics of Human Identity | 93 |
Spiritual and Ethical Dimensions of Selforganization | 111 |
Dynamics of Communication | 117 |
Dynamics of Leadership | 125 |
Narrative Dynamics | 141 |
Magic of Creativity | 153 |
The Approach of Fuzziology | 161 |
Time and Selforganization | 175 |
Journey beyond System Thinking | 185 |
Conclusion | 195 |
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