The Atlas of Social Complexity

Brian Castellani and Lasse Gerrits

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Abstract: Embark on a riveting journey through the study of social complexity with The Atlas of Social Complexity. Over three decades of scientific exploration unfold, unravelling the enigmatic threads that compose the fabric of society. From the dance of bacteria, to human-machine interactions, to the ever-shifting dynamics of power in social networks, this Atlas maps the evolution of our understanding of social complexity.

Keywords: Development Studies; Economics and Finance; Environment; Geography; Innovations and Technology; Politics and Public Policy Research Methods; Sociology and Social Policy; Teaching Methods; Urban and Regional Studies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
ISBN: 9781789909517
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Theme 1: the social complexity imagination , pp 1-15

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Ch 2 Origins of the study of social complexity , pp 16-34

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Ch 3 Thirteen situations , pp 35-54

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Ch 4 Cartography and constructing the atlas , pp 55-61

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Ch 5 Theme 2: cognition, emotion and consciousness , pp 62-68

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Ch 6 Autopoiesis and cellular cognition , pp 69-73

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Ch 7 Bacteria and the brain , pp 74-79

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Ch 8 Immune system cognition , pp 80-90

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Ch 9 Brain-based cognition, emotion and consciousness , pp 91-111

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Ch 10 The Self , pp 112-131

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Ch 11 Human-machine , pp 132-140

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Ch 12 Theme 3: dynamics of human psychology , pp 141-148

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Ch 13 Human psychology as dynamical system , pp 149-164

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Ch 14 Psychopathology of mental disorders , pp 165-183

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Ch 15 Healing and the therapeutic process , pp 184-195

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Ch 16 Mindfulness, imagination and creativity , pp 196-206

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Ch 17 Theme 4: living in global-ecological social systems , pp 207-222

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Ch 18 Complex social psychology , pp 223-233

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Ch 19 Collective behaviour, social movements and mass psychology , pp 234-251

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Ch 20 Configurational social science , pp 252-287

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Ch 21 The local and the global: complexities of place , pp 288-311

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Ch 22 Socio-technological life , pp 312-332

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Ch 23 Governance, politics and technocracy , pp 333-348

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Ch 24 The challenges of applying complexity , pp 349-362

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Ch 25 Economics in an unstable world , pp 363-374

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Ch 26 Resilience and all that jazz , pp 375-386

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Ch 27 Theme 5: charting a new methods territory , pp 387-388

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Ch 28 Make love, not models , pp 389-398

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Ch 29 Revisiting complex causality , pp 399-415

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Ch 30 Mapping the new methodological terrain , pp 416-445

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Ch 31 Getting philosophically real , pp 446-454

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Ch 32 Theme 6: the unfinished space , pp 455-476

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