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Record link: 
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/28953
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Title: 
"Mechanisms" at Work in the Information Society
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Citation: 
Hofkirchner, W. (2015). “Mechanisms” at Work in the Information Society. In M. S. Archer (Ed.), Generative Mechanisms Transforming the Social Order (pp. 95–112). Springer. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/28953
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Publication Type: 
Book Contribution - Edited Volume Contribution
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Authors: 
Hofkirchner, Wolfgang 
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Organisational Unit: 
E193-05 - Forschungsbereich Human Computer Interaction 
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Published in: 
Generative Mechanisms Transforming the Social Order 
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Date (published): 
2015
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Number of Pages: 
18
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Peer reviewed: 
Yes
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Abstract: 
This chapter deals with `mechanisms´ from the perspective of critical systems thinking. `Mechanisms´ are rooted in self-organisation. Far from being mechanical, they are contingent dynamisms. They are the cause of the advent of Information Society; they are the cause for the reproduction of Information Society; and they are the cause for a transformation of Information Society. After explicating critical systems thinking by referring to aims, scope and tools of social science, a critical review of positivist, interpretivist, postmodern and critical theories of the build-up of information society is given. All of them but the last ones focus on one side of a purported dynamism only instead of attempting to integrate several sides for which there is empirical evidence. An example of a dynamism is presented that is crucial for the advent of a Global Sustainable Information Society that would deserve the label `Morphogenic Society´. The description of this dynamism makes creative use of the terms `antagonism´, `agonism´ and `synergism´ and explains what the author calls the Logic of the Third.
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This chapter deals with `mechanisms´ from the perspective of critical systems thinking. `Mechanisms´ are rooted in self-organisation. Far from being mechanical, they are contingent dynamisms. They are the cause of the advent of Information Society; they are the cause for the reproduction of Information Society; and they are the cause for a transformation of Information Society. After explicating critical systems thinking by referring to aims, scope and tools of social science, a critical review of positivist, interpretivist, postmodern and critical theories of the build-up of information society is given. All of them but the last ones focus on one side of a purported dynamism only instead of attempting to integrate several sides for which there is empirical evidence. An example of a dynamism is presented that is crucial for the advent of a Global Sustainable Information Society that would deserve the label `Morphogenic Society´. The description of this dynamism makes creative use of the terms `antagonism´, `agonism´ and `synergism´ and explains what the author calls the Logic of the Third.
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Research Areas: 
außerhalb der gesamtuniversitären Forschungsschwerpunkte: 60%
Visual Computing and Human-Centered Technology: 40%
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Science Branch: 
Soziologie
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