Complexity and Sustainability

<p>Complex dynamic system studies have been studied explicitly in the natural sciences and most only implicitly throughout other fields. Yet much great social theory and philosophy is in fact based in complexity and important concepts like postmodernism risk and collapse all stem from complexity. Six key terms are explored: nonlinearity feedbacks thresholds hierarchies emergence and self-organization and dozens of related principles are discussed with a focus on uncertainty risk vulnerability learning strategy resilience collapse and sustainability. The book surveys the role of these complexity principles in the natural sciences social theory transdisciplinary discourse philosophy and ethics and shows how this complexity framework is a valuable lens for approaching the spectre of climate change and life in the Anthropocene. </p>