Innovation in socio-cultural context
by Adam, Frane
fromRoutledge advances in sociology
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"This book is a unique, multidisciplinary, effort to apply rigorous thermodynamics fundamentals, a disciplined scholarly approach, to problems of sustainability, energy, and resource uses. Applying thermodynamic thinking to problems of sustainable behavior is a significant advan…
Asks what is meant by complexity and how it might be handled within knowledge practices without generating a chaos of further complexities. "There is much here to provoke new thought and insight into the meaning of complexity, and the authors do show how any reduction will inev…
Complexities: social studies of knowledge practices
by Law, John
fromScience and cultural theory
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While much recent social science and humanities work has been a revolt against simplification, this volume explores the contrast between simplicity and complexity to reveal that this dichotomy, itself, is too simplistic. John Law and Annemarie Mol have gathered a distinguished p…
Asks what is meant by complexity and how it might be handled within knowledge practices without generating a chaos of further complexities. "There is much here to provoke new thought and insight into the meaning of complexity, and the authors do show how any reduction will inev…
"A vibrant, colorful, and revelatory inner history of China during a moment of profound transformation. From abroad, we often see China as a caricature: a nation of pragmatic plutocrats and ruthlessly dedicated students destined to rule the global economy--or an addled Goliath, …
Like stars, societies are born, and this story deals with such a birth. It asks a fundamental and compelling question: how did societies first coalesce from the small foraging communities that had roamed in West Central Africa for many thousands of years?