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• W228865472 abstract "A Review of On Complexity written by Edgar Morin edited by Alfonso Montuori reviewed by Jennifer L. Wells published by Hampton Press ISBN 9781572738010 (2008) Introduction On Complexity is a beautifully written synopsis by one of Europe's most influential intellectuals today, Edgar Morin, of his treatise on complexity theories. For six decades Morin has been highly influential in French, Italian and Spanish-speaking countries. For those who have been reading Morin in other languages for decades, it is a monumental event to see this major complexity scholar's work finally published in English. Morin's chef d'oeuvre is a six-volume work on transdisciplinary complexity, the first and only of such scope, entitled The Method, the first volume published in 1977, the last volume in 2002, and it seems that it remains the largest and one of the most significant works in the complexity field. There have been dozens of monographs and dissertations dedicated to Morin's work, and at least five graduate programs focused on The Method, located in Italy, Mexico, Peru, France, and the United States. Yet, only one volume of The Method and a handful of Morin's other books have previously been published in English. On Complexity is a smooth, readable synopsis of a major thinker's most compelling theories, synthesizing his greatest insights in a short, highly readable narrative, including a long and masterful introduction to this maddeningly multidisciplinary and fascinating thinker. Having read many introductions to Morin in other languages, I find this volume the best to date, perhaps naturally, as this is the latest synthesis of the key ideas in a long and variegated career. On Complexity' in Context Morin's work provides a long-awaited compliment to the assiduous work of the natural science complexity research centers in the United States. While scientists at the Santa Fe Institute and other natural science research centers remain skeptical of this perspective of complexity theories writ large, or what Morin calls Generalized Complexity Theories, this seemingly unavoidable gap in understanding of complexity between natural scientists and social scientists need not persist, at least not in its present, pernicious form. Forthe amenable natural scientists, Morin provides a major contribution to the dissolution of the natural-social science divide in complexity studies, offering a much-needed, in-depth analysis of complexity's truly transdisciplinary capacity. Moreover, Morin provides an elaborate treatment of complexity both ontologically and epistemologically. Indeed, the presentation of complexity as epistemologica! lens is one of Morin's greatest contributions. Morin argues that any theories adequate to the treatment of transdisciplinary phenomena require us to face interconnectedness among phenomena, fogginess, uncertainty, and contradiction. However, critically, we can elaborate conceptual tools and principles for approaching complexity more effectively, and we can begin to perceive the face of the new paradigm of complexity that should emerge. Thus Morin transforms a deficit view of uncertainty and ambiguity into a generative, creative, if always somewhat problematic, dimension of knowledge, particularly applied knowledge. At the current time of coalescing global crises and rapid change, Morin's view of complexity as a rich resource for application in realms such as business, economics, politics, and the environment is particularly poignant. Born in 1921, Morin has been integrally involved in the history of complexity theories throughout six decades, a major participant in the field when the nascent fields of cybernetics, systems studies, and systems biology were first converging into complexity studies. In fact, Morin is arguably one of the founders of complexity theories, though he would humbly note the earlier works of contemporaries and predecessors such as Bertalanffy, von Neumann, and more recent French theorists such as Henri Atlan. …" @default.
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