Citation
Mann, C.J.H. (2002), "The Emerging Consensus in Social Systems Theory", Kybernetes, Vol. 31 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/k.2002.06731aae.008
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2002, MCB UP Limited
The Emerging Consensus in Social Systems Theory
The Emerging Consensus in Social Systems Theory
Kenneth C. Bausch*Kluwer Academic/Plenum PublishersNew York, London, Dordrecht2001xxvi + 419ppISBN 0-306-46539-6Price: $69 Eur: 79.95 £49 (Hardcover)
The author says that "This book grew out of my fascination with applying systems theory to social processes. As I was examining the works of systemic theorists to construct this book, I took special note of the social aspects of their thinking". The book in consequence falls into five thematic areas:
designing social systems; the structure of the social world; communication; cognition; and epistemology.
The author believes these five areas are foundational for a theoretic and practical systemic synthesis. To cover this ground the book is divided into four parts: Background; Incorporating Human Participation into Systems theory and Design, Advances in the Areas of Social, Cognitive and Evolutionary Theory; Five Emerging Syntheses.
Potential readers will have the benefit of Ken Bausch's 40 years of inquiry into the human condition and his studies of philosophy, Eastern religions, social and political ideology, psychology, sociology and systems theory.
*Further information at: www.wkap.nl or direct to the publishers (addresses in previous report)