Festschrift for Felix Geyer [[electronic resource] /] / guest editors Bernard Scott, Vessela Misheva and Cor van Dijkum

• Pubblicazione: Bradford, England, : Emerald Group Publishing, c2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (347 p.)
• Disciplina: 003/.5
• Soggetto topico: Cybernetics; Systems engineering
• Altri autori: ScottBernard MishevaVessela DijkumCor van
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; 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 ; Sociocybernetics 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 ; Book reportsAnnouncements; Special announcements
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Festschrift for Felix Geyer
• ISBN: 1-280-54745-6; 9786610547456; 1-84544-953-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783554703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Volume 35, Issue 3 & 4