Die systemtheoretische Betrachtung eines Netzwerk-­Phänomens kann bei einem Bullen und zwei Kühen anfangen. Für diese Arbeit hat das zwei Vorteile: Zum einen meiden wir dadurch größtenteils das Feld der babylonisierten Netzwerkdebatte (Faßler 2001: 22), und können im Ergebnis dennoch...

Funktionale Differenzierung gilt nicht nur als das zentrale Alleinstellungsmerkmal moderner Gesellschaften, sondern auch als eines der wenigen Felder wissenschaftlicher Ehre, auf denen die Systemtheorie Gäste empfängt und nicht auswärts spielt. Als gute Gastgeberin spielt die Theorie in Form...

Newton paradigmasının filtresinden dünyaya bakan modernist düşünce akımı nesnel ontoloji ve buna bağlı olarak gelişen mekanik epistemoloji ve enstrümantal praksiyoloji varsayımı altında örgütleri birer makina olarak tasavvur etmiştir. Örgütlerin, denge halini muhafaza etme...

This essay uses Edmund Phelps’ new book Mass Flourishing: How Grassroots Innovation Created Jobs, Challenge, and Change (Phelps <CitationRef CitationID="CR67">2013</CitationRef>) as inspiration to discuss innovation and entrepreneurship. The book is laudable for its discussion of what constitutes a “good life”. Phelps argues that...</citationref>

Concerned about the permanent evolution of the Romanian society both from the literary and economical point of view, Ion Vinea remains one of the most ardent supporters of Lovinescian synchronism. His activity as a publicist highlights his forward-looking spirit displayed in the relevantly...

Fashion is the quintessential post-modernist consumer practice, or so many hold. In this contribution, I argue that, on the contrary, fashion should be understood as a means of communicating one’s commitment to modernist values. I introduce the framework of the Social Value Network, to...

Already during the financial crisis from 2007 through 2009, a growing number of scholars, laymen or media outlets blamed economics as such, at least partially, for the turmoil and subsequent economic malaise. Therefore, the debate concerning future long-term development of economics - or, more...