Creative Systems Theory: A Comprehensive Theory of Purpose Change and Interrelationship In Human Systems (With Particular Pertinence to ... Live In and the Tasks Ahead for the Species

This book is the place to go for a deep dive into the forward-thinking multi-faceted ideas of Creative Systems Theory. From the books back cover: Creative Systems Theory brings big-picture long-term perspective to understanding who we are and why we think and act in the ways that we do. It is pertinent equally to appreciating the past teasing apart current cultural challenges and making sense of what a vital human future will require of us. This is the definitive work on Creative Systems Theory and its implications.At a practical level Creative Systems Theory provides powerful tools for making effective choices in both our personal and our collective lives. More conceptually it makes a major contribution to the history of ideas. It clarifies how while modern age institutions values and ways of thinking have served us well they cannot be sufficient for the tasks ahead. And it offers a comprehensive approach to understanding that reflects the more mature and encompassing kind of thinking that will become more and more essential in times ahead. This volume brings together fifty years of committed inquiry and practical application. It is part guidebook part memoir part compilation and part an effort to extend Creative Systems Theorys thinking just as far into the future as is possible.