The Stability of Society

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-40225-9
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, Band 113, 128 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 219 g

Reihe: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems

In this book, Erik W. Aslaksen builds on the view and model of society introduced in The Social Bond (Springer 2018), which portrays society as an information-processing system, and as both the result of the information and of the environment in which the information processing takes place. The processing power is provided by the individual, but is also greatly enhanced by the interaction between individuals, forming the collective intelligence that drives the evolution of society. In particular, this book focuses on the stability of that evolution, an issue that is of increasing concern given the current polarisation of the world society, both politically and economically, and the resultant interference in the operation of the collective intelligence. When we approach society as a genus and its evolution as a sequence of species, such as the family, clan, fiefdom, kingdom, and nation-state, the development of the next species – the world society – is now being thwarted by the desire of a minority to maintain a hegemonial position that resulted from a singularity in the process.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Aslaksen, Erik W.

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Berechenbarkeitstheorie, Komplexitätstheorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Statistische Physik, Dynamische Systeme

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- Some Basic Concepts.- The Information-Processing System.