Complexity, difference and identity an ethical perspective /

"Complexity" has been part of the academic discourse for a decade or two. Texts on Complexity fall mainly in two categories: fairly technical and mathematical on the one hand, and fairly broad and general on the other. Paul Cilliers' book Complexity and Postmodernism (Routledge 1998)...

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Other Authors: Cilliers, Paul, 1956-2011., Preiser, Rika., SpringerLink (Online Service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, ©2010.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 300 pages)
Series: Issues in business ethics ; v. 26.
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Table of Contents:
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  • pt. I
  • Complexity
  • 1.
  • Difference, Identity and Complexity /
  • Paul Cilliers
  • 2.
  • Complex "I": The Formation of Identity in Complex Systems /
  • Paul Cilliers
  • pt. II
  • Difference
  • 3.
  • Complexity: The Evolution of Identity and Diversity /
  • Liz Varga
  • 4.
  • Comparison, Diversity and Complexity /
  • David Byrne
  • pt. III
  • Identity
  • 5.
  • Dynamical Approach to Identity and Diversity in Complex Systems /
  • John Collier
  • 6.
  • Negativity, Difference and Critique: The Ethical Moment in Complexity /
  • Eduard Grebe
  • pt. IV
  • Complexity and Ethics
  • 7.
  • Complexity of Difference, Ethics and the Law /
  • Wilmien Wicomb
  • 8.
  • Ethical Complexity /
  • Harry Kunneman
  • pt. V
  • Ethical Consequences
  • 9.
  • Corporate Identity, Responsibility and the Ethics of Complexity /
  • Minka Woermann
  • 10.
  • Business Ethics from Below: Rethinking Organisational Values, Strategy and Trust /
  • Hans Muller
  • 11.
  • Agonistic Engagements: Difference, Meaning and Deliberation in South African Cities /
  • Amelie Guyot
  • 12.
  • Africa: Globalisation and the Ethical /
  • Leonhard Praeg
  • 13.
  • Unpacking the Ethics of Complexity: Concluding Reflections /
  • Paul Cilliers.