Towards a Social Ecology: Contextual Appreciation of the Future in the Present

Front Matter....Pages iii-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Planning and a Conceptual Basis for Predicting the Future....Pages 3-15
Complexity Reduction....Pages 16-23
The Early Detection of Emergent Processes....Pages 24-37
The General Characteristics of Social Fields—Environmental Levels....Pages 38-56
Adaptation to Turbulent Environments....Pages 57-67
Active Adaptation— The Emergence of Ideal Seeking Systems....Pages 68-79
Front Matter....Pages 81-81
Re-evaluating the Role of Science....Pages 83-90
The Establishment of Problem-oriented Research Domains....Pages 91-102
Collaborative Social and Technical Innovation....Pages 103-119
The Relation of Welfare and Development: Systems and Ideo-Existential Aspects....Pages 120-136
The Relation of Welfare and Development: Historical and Contemporary Aspects....Pages 137-155
The Structural Presence of the Post-industrial Society....Pages 156-171
The Cultural Absence of the Post-industrial Society....Pages 172-181
Task and Contextual Environments for New Personal Values....Pages 182-189
The Risk-Security Balance and the Burden of Choice....Pages 190-202
From Planning Towards the Surrender of Power....Pages 203-210
Back Matter....Pages 211-239