LEADER 03564nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910450735203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-54745-6 010 $a9786610547456 010 $a1-84544-953-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000242921 035 $a(EBL)267407 035 $a(OCoLC)71127663 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000465944 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11973166 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000465944 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10457703 035 $a(PQKB)11716272 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC267407 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL267407 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10132647 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL54745 035 $a(OCoLC)936834145 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000242921 100 $a20000815d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aFestschrift for Felix Geyer$b[electronic resource] /$fguest editors Bernard Scott, Vessela Misheva and Cor van Dijkum 210 $aBradford, England $cEmerald Group Publishing$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (347 p.) 225 0 $aKybernetes, the international journal of systems & cybernetics ;$vv.35, no. 3/4 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84544-952-5 327 $aCover; CONTENTS; Editorial advisory board; Preface; Editors' introduction; Contributors to the Festschrift; The cold war within a sociological systems perspective; Reflexivity revisited: the sociocybernetics of belief, meaning, truth and power; Thank you Felix Geyer; Happiness and the pursuit of happiness; Thinking about experience and action; The sociological concept of autopoiesis; Sociocybernetics and social entropy theory; The challenge of the past for the future of the social sciences; The necessity of trans-scientific frameworks for doing interdisciplinary research 327 $aSociocybernetics and testability: a bridge too far?A forgotten message? von Bertalanffy's puzzle; Corporate social responsibility from the viewpoint of systems thinking; Social knowledge for a world in transition; Complex systems studies and the concepts of security; Is Kevin Warwick a dandy?; The crisis of contemporary science; Studying alienation: toward a better society?; The biological metaphor of a second-order observer and the sociological discourse; The two faces of American power; The vicarious self; Cybernetics and systems on the web: Jerry Wiesner and MIT; Awards; Book reviews 327 $aBook reportsAnnouncements; Special announcements 330 $aThis e-book consists of research papers and personal reflections of Felix Geyer's work or to the areas in which he has been active (socio-cybernetics, alienation theory). Socio-cybernetics can be defined as "Systems Science in Sociology and Other Social Sciences" - systems science, because socio-cybernetics is not limited to theory but includes application, empirical research, methodology, axiology (i.e., ethics and value research), and epistemology. 410 0$aVolume 35, Issue 3 & 4 606 $aCybernetics 606 $aSystems engineering 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCybernetics. 615 0$aSystems engineering. 676 $a003/.5 701 $aScott$b Bernard$0964388 701 $aMisheva$b Vessela$0964389 701 $aDijkum$b Cor van$0964390 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450735203321 996 $aFestschrift for Felix Geyer$92187516 997 $aUNINA