Screen LibraryMorphogenesis and Human Flourishing /
This book, the last volume in the Social Morphogenesis series, examines whether or not a Morphogenic society can foster new modes of human relations that could exercise a form of relational steering , protecting and promoting a nuanced version of the good life for all. It analyses the way in which t...
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Social Morphogenesis,
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49469-2 |
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This book, the last volume in the Social Morphogenesis series, examines whether or not a Morphogenic society can foster new modes of human relations that could exercise a form of relational steering , protecting and promoting a nuanced version of the good life for all. It analyses the way in which the intensification of morphogenesis and the diminishing of morphostasis impact upon human flourishing. The book links intensified morphogenesis to promoting human flourishing based on the assumption that new opportunities open up novel experiences, skills, and modes of communication that appeal to |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (VIII, 296 pages) : illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 9783319494692 |
| Index Number: | H61 |
| CLC: | C02 |
| Contents: | Chapter 1. Introduction; Margaret S. Archer -- Part I. What is Human Flourishing and On What It Depend? -- Chapter 2. Human Flourishing and Human Morphogenesis: A Critical Realist Interpretation and Critique -- Chapter 3. Some Reservations about Flourishing; Douglas V. Porpora -- Chapter 4. Reflexivity in a Just Morphogenic Society: A Sociological Contribution to Political Philosophy; Ismael Al-Amoudi -- Chapter 5. The Morphogenic Society as Source and Challenge for Human Fulfillment; Andrea M. Maccarini -- Part II. Does the Intensification of Morphogenesis Promote or Impede Eudaimonia? -- C |