Paradigm Lost: Cultural and Systems Theoretical Critique of Political Economy: Cultural and Systems Theoretical Critique of Political Economy

This sequel to "Man and the Biosphere" is an account of the origins and development of a cultural, social energetic and systems theoretical contribution to critical Marxism. It examines: the intellectual contributions of the Russian philosophers, A.A. Bogdanov and A.I. Bukharin; Bogdanov's and Bukharin's contributions as a search for a unity of scientific knowledge; and a paradigmatic change from a closed mechanical system to an open systems paradigm. Dedication Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Selected Issues in the Philosophy of Science and Economic Methodology 2. Syntheses and Inversion in Political Economic Thought 3. Philosophical Countercurrents 4. Holism and the Natural Unity of Science 5. The Philosophical Heritage of Critical Marxism 6. Toward the Natural Unity of Scientific Knowledge 7. Narodnik and Nihilist Dimensions: A Critical Kernel in Russian Marxism 8. Social Energetics: A Marxian Variant 9. The Phenomenological Marxism of Bogdanov 10. From Phenomenology to Tektology 11. Tektology: The Metascience of Praxis 12. Tektology and Soviet Planning 13. Techno-utopia: An Athens Without Slaves 14. Dystopian Warnings 15. Dystopia Realized 16. Concluding Remarks Notes Bibliography Index About the Author This sequel to "Man and the Biosphere" is an account of the origins and development of a cultural, social energetic and systems theoretical contribution to critical Marxism. In particular, the book examines the contributions of the Russian philosophers, A.A. Bogdanov and N.I. Bukharin. Kenneth Michael Stokes. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.