The underlying idea and motive for the book is that the notion of complexity may humanize the social sciences, may conceive the complex human being as more human, and turn reality as assumed in our doing social science into a more complex, that is a richer reality for all. The main focus of this book is on new thinking in complexity, with complexity to be taken as derived from the Latin word complexus: 'that which is interwoven.' The trans-disciplinary approach advocated here will be trans-disciplinary in two ways: firstly, by going beyond the separate disciplines within the fields of both…mehr
The underlying idea and motive for the book is that the notion of complexity may humanize the social sciences, may conceive the complex human being as more human, and turn reality as assumed in our doing social science into a more complex, that is a richer reality for all. The main focus of this book is on new thinking in complexity, with complexity to be taken as derived from the Latin word complexus: 'that which is interwoven.' The trans-disciplinary approach advocated here will be trans-disciplinary in two ways: firstly, by going beyond the separate disciplines within the fields of both natural sciences and social sciences, and, secondly, by going beyond the separate cultures of the natural sciences and of the social sciences and humanities.
Artikelnr. des Verlages: 12274932, 978-94-007-1302-4
2011
Seitenzahl: 336
Erscheinungstermin: 9. August 2011
Englisch
Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 24mm
Gewicht: 613g
ISBN-13: 9789400713024
ISBN-10: 9400713029
Artikelnr.: 32984217
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Autorenporträt
Ton Jörg has been an educational scientist since 1982 at the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands. He studied Physics and Mathematics at the University of Amsterdam (BSc 1970). In 1969, he started to study Psychology at the same university (M.A. 1977). He worked as an evaluation researcher in different national (on adult education, and physics education) and international projects (3rd SISS-International Science Project). In 1994, he finished his dissertation about the choice of physics as an examination subject. He has been involved in complex systems and complexity thinking since 1971. He wrote articles on invitation to open up a conversation on complexity and education, for journals like Educational Research Review, in 2007, and for Complicity, in 2009, with extended comments of experts in the field.
Inhaltsangabe
Contents. -Mission of the Book.- Introduction.- Chapter 1: The Crisis in the Social Sciences.- Chapter 2: Giving Birth to a New Science - Setting the Agenda.- Chapter 3: A New Agenda for the Social Sciences.- Chapter 4: On Becoming Reflective about our Viewing and Doing Science.- Chapter 5: The Reality of Reality.- Chapter 6: New Ways of Knowing about the Complexity of Reality.- Introduction to Chapters 7 to 9.-Chapter 7: Rethinking Interaction.- Chapter 8: Rethinking Causality.- Chapter 9: Rethinking the Unit of Study.- Chapter 10: The Complexity of Complexity. - Chapter 11: The Complexity of Human Interaction.- Chapter 12: Summary and Conclusions. References.- Name Index.- Subject Index.
Contents. -Mission of the Book.- Introduction.- Chapter 1: The Crisis in the Social Sciences.- Chapter 2: Giving Birth to a New Science - Setting the Agenda.- Chapter 3: A New Agenda for the Social Sciences.- Chapter 4: On Becoming Reflective about our Viewing and Doing Science.- Chapter 5: The Reality of Reality.- Chapter 6: New Ways of Knowing about the Complexity of Reality.- Introduction to Chapters 7 to 9.-Chapter 7: Rethinking Interaction.- Chapter 8: Rethinking Causality.- Chapter 9: Rethinking the Unit of Study.- Chapter 10: The Complexity of Complexity. - Chapter 11: The Complexity of Human Interaction.- Chapter 12: Summary and Conclusions. References.- Name Index.- Subject Index.
Rezensionen
"This book effectively captures some of the excitement and the sense of possibility that comes with the exploration of new paradigms with potentially major implications across the board, and it stimulates readers to develop their own thoughts about how the paradigm shift could materialize. The many wonderful illustrations of non-linear and fractal shapes and concepts ... are helpful in this context. They provide a welcome antidote to the generally high level of abstraction that comes, perhaps inevitably, with transdisciplinary scholarship." (Matthijs Koopmans, Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences, Vol. 16 (4), 2012) "For the theorist of transdisciplinarity New Thinking in Complexity for the Social Sciences and Humanities is a useful source. There is substantial evidence of creative pathways towards comprehending and applying transdisciplinary strategies in research. ... This approach could serve as a useful roadmap towards the implementation of transdisciplinarity." (Johann Tempelhoff, TD The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, Vol. 7 (1), July, 2011)
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