Hayim, Gila J., 1938-

Instability, complexity, and cultural change : an autopoiesis approach / Gila J. Hayim. - iii, 206 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The primacy of communication in social autopoiesis -- The special case of modern self-thematization -- Cultural modalities in the complex-society : the perfect nihilist, the comfort-seeker and the re-enchanter -- The comfort-seeker -- Re-enchantment -- Autopoiesis : a theory of individuation and cultural change -- Intimacy as an autopoiesis system -- Thematic shifts : from industrial to risk-society and the modern social complex -- Bifurcation, autopoiesis and ethics of interdependence. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Ch. 9.

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Social change.
Autopoiesis
Sociology--Philosophy

HM831 / .H29 2006

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