1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996411336703316

Autore

Léonard Michel

Titolo

Informational Lights from Service Science for the progression of Society / / Michel Léonard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Les Ulis : , : EDP Sciences, , [2021]

©2020

ISBN

2-7598-2474-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (120 p.)

Soggetti

SCIENCE / General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- Intention -- Notes -- 1 Informational propulsion of Society -- 2 Information service -- 3 Informational Commons -- 4 Administration of informational propulsion -- 5 Intelligence of service -- 6 Response to initial intention -- Acknowledgement -- References

Sommario/riassunto

That the Age of Enlightenment of the 17th and 18th centuries, the spirit of reason, science, humanism and progress, as opposed to obscurantism, has led to the emergence of scientific, disruptive knowledge, even regarding the foundations of Society, is indisputable to anyone using their reason. Thus, were brought about great transformations of Society, which took place. In our time, digital technologies, through enabling observations of otherwise invisible phenomena, induce also a multitude of disruptive practices. As this effect and its inevitable implications continue to accelerate into the future, their integration into the progression of Society and enterprise is now absolutely imperative. The intention of this book is to bring out the intelligence of the progression of Society or of enterprise by enabling the intelligence of living together (Human Sciences), the intelligence of solutions (Natural Sciences) and the intelligence of the artificial (Sciences of Engineering, including the Digital), to connect together through the informational intelligence of services. Such a connection is established thanks to Service Science. It forms the base for the Informational Lights. Michel Léonard is a professor at the



University of Geneva since 1977 in Information Systems and Service Science. He has been the initiator of numerous courses and curricula including the Franco-Swiss European DEA MATIS, and of the IESS (International Conference on Exploring Service Science) series of international scientific conferences. His research has focused on the one hand on methods for the design and evolution of information systems, and on the other hand on the creation of database management systems in accordance with these methods. They now focus on Service Science by adding the informational dimension.

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996309072903316

Autore

Berg Sebastian

Titolo

Intellectual radicalism after 1989 : crisis and re-orientation in the British and the American Left / / Sebastian Berg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bielefeld, Germany : , : Transcript Verlag, , [2017]

©2017

ISBN

3-8394-3418-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : digital file(s)

Collana

Edition Politik ; 32

Disciplina

324.2410975

Soggetti

Communism and intellectuals

Radicalism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references .

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter    1  Table of Contents    5  I. Introduction: the Paradox of 1989    7  II. Analysing the Impact of 1989 on the British and the American Intellectual Left    21  III. Crisis and Re-orientation: Evidence from the Journals    77  IV. Between Radical Critique and Moderate Recommendations?    309  V. Bibliography    321  VI. Acknowledgements    339  VII. Detailed Table of Contents    341

Sommario/riassunto

Left-wing intellectuals in Britain and the US had long repudiated the Soviet regime. Why was the collapse of the Eastern Bloc experienced as a shock that destabilised their identities and political allegiances then? What happened to a collective project that had started out to formulate a socialist vision different from both really existing socialism and social



democracy? This study endeavours to answer both questions, focusing on generational networks rather than individuals and investigating political academic journals after 1989 to paint the picture of a Left deeply troubled by the triumph of a capitalism unfettered by any counter-force.

»The value of this work lies not in its novelty, but rather in Berg's remarkable achievement of meticulously cataloging oppositional thought.«  A. Shahid Stover, connections, 22.02.2019    »This study can only be recommended to every reader.«  Christian Huck, Anglistik, 29/2 (2018)   Besprochen in:  https://s-usih.org, 1 (2019), Michael J. Kramer