TY - BOOK AU - Hayim,Gila J. TI - Instability, complexity, and cultural change: an autopoiesis approach SN - 0773457453 AV - HM831 .H29 2006 U1 - 303.401 22 PY - 2006///] CY - Lewiston, N.Y. PB - Edwin Mellen Press KW - Social change KW - Autopoiesis KW - Sociology KW - Philosophy N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Ch. 1; The primacy of communication in social autopoiesis --; Ch. 2; The special case of modern self-thematization --; Ch. 3; Cultural modalities in the complex-society : the perfect nihilist, the comfort-seeker and the re-enchanter --; Ch. 4; The comfort-seeker --; Ch. 5; Re-enchantment --; Ch. 6; Autopoiesis : a theory of individuation and cultural change --; Ch. 7; Intimacy as an autopoiesis system --; Ch. 8; Thematic shifts : from industrial to risk-society and the modern social complex --; Ch. 9; Bifurcation, autopoiesis and ethics of interdependence ER -