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- Revisits the stability of the evolution of society
- Is a self-contained book with a clear focus on the issue of stability
- Includes a variety of supporting material, e.g. models and references
Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems (LNNS, volume 113)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
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.
Authors and Affiliations
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Gumbooya Pty Ltd, Allambie Heights, Sydney, Australia
Erik W. Aslaksen
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Stability of Society
Authors: Erik W. Aslaksen
Series Title: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40226-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-40225-9Published: 21 January 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-40226-6Published: 20 January 2020
Series ISSN: 2367-3370
Series E-ISSN: 2367-3389
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 128
Topics: Complexity, Sociology, general, Complex Systems