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Dynamical Disequilibrium, Transformation, and the Evolution and Development of Sustainable Worldviews

Dynamical Disequilibrium, Transformation, and the Evolution and Development of Sustainable Worldviews
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Author(s): Liane Gabora (University of British Columbia, Canada)and Maegan Merrifield (University of British Columbia, Canada)
Copyright: 2013
Pages: 9
Source title: Complexity Science, Living Systems, and Reflexing Interfaces: New Models and Perspectives
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Franco Orsucci (University College London, UK & Institute for Complexity Studies, Italy)and Nicoletta Sala (University of Lugano, Switzerland)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2077-3.ch004

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Abstract

This chapter begins by outlining a promising, new theoretical framework for the process by which human culture evolves inspired by the views of complexity theorists on the problem of how life began. Elements of culture, like species, evolve over time; that is, they exhibit cumulative change that is adaptive in nature. By studying how biological evolution got started, it is possible to gain insight into not just the specifics of biological evolution, but also general insights into the initiation of any evolutionary process that may be applicable to culture. The authors, thus, explore the implications of this new framework for culture on the transformative processes of individuals. Specifically, they address what this emerging perspective on cultural evolution implies for to go about attaining a sustainable worldview; that is, a web of habits, understandings, and ways of approaching situations that is conducive to the development of a sustainable world.

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