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Complexity and collapse: towards a systems view of society

This paper was presented on the 17th April 2013 at the Research Seminars in Critical Thought seminar series which took place at the University of Brighton. Some minor modifications were made to its form during its presentation, the content however … Continue reading

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The problem with communication – part one

Niklas Luhmann, the German social theorist whose work I will have the pleasure of becoming intimate with over the next few years, believed that communication was highly improbable despite our use of it daily. Communication is something we all assume … Continue reading

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