Announcing a new book!
A History and Systems Project (WIP)
Lindblom, E.J. (2003). Psychology: History and Systems of Aggression. Cambridge: Harvard University.
Abstract for the project:
Eric J. Lindblom
The primary goal was to understand the history of psychology (admittedly an ambitious goal) and the systems thinking in the discipline. Stimulated by Ludwig von Bertalanffy’s general system theory, a methodological explanation was applied using systems concepts as related to several theoretical perspectives in psychology. The result of the disciplined inquiry was a progressive understanding of history and systems in context. The History and Systems Project, thereby, is field theory.
Hopefully, the combination of history and general systems theory contributes to an important understanding of history in context and provides a unified for future investigations.
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http://h2o.law.harvard.edu/viewBoardThread.do?rootCommentId=3620
Project Status:
Please Note:
The motivation behind the writing of History and Systems of Conflict is intentionally complex. (The book is calculated to be solidly outside the box.)
Why? Some new ideas are being tried, thereby, the book is a project not a completed text. It should be considered a Work In Progress (WIP). For that reason, the book even has more than one title! That is appropriate for a project. Thereby, the book is, also, known as Psychology: History and Systems of Aggression.
The difficulty, in the book, that needs resolution is that the first part of the book is theory and the second, admittedly loosely associated, is a proposal for the creation of a clinic that represents the theory. It doesn't! Essentially, the difficulty is an editing problem that can be resolved through WIKI and other such services thereby making the book relational. That, in fact, is the ultimate goal.
Until that point, the book is a project or a work in progress (a WIP).
See: http://psychologyaggression.bravehost.com/index.html
Lindblom
As an example of the complexity, the book is a WIKI project being edited by others:
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/User_talk:Elindblom
Harvard University: For support, the book is part of a course at Harvard University. A description of that course can be found on a subsequent page of this website (see navigation bar).
Click for Harvard course:
http://h2o.law.harvard.edu/ViewProject.do;jsessionid=3B52E822DFAC4EB5BF742C861A548231?projectID=385
ACKNOWLEDGMENT To: E. (Ch.) G.
Eric J. Lindblom
San Francisco, California
2003
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The primary goal was to understand the history of psychology (admittedly an ambitious goal) and the systems thinking in the discipline. Stimulated by Ludwig von Bertalanffy’s general system theory, a methodological explanation was applied using systems concepts as related to several theoretical perspectives in psychology. The result of the disciplined inquiry was a progressive understanding of history and systems in context. The History and Systems Project, thereby, is field theory.
Hopefully, the combination of history and general systems theory contributes to an important understanding of history in context and provides a unified for future investigations.
Click for complete text:
http://h2o.law.harvard.edu/viewBoardThread.do?rootCommentId=3620
Project Status:
Please Note:
The motivation behind the writing of History and Systems of Conflict is intentionally complex. (The book is calculated to be solidly outside the box.)
Why? Some new ideas are being tried, thereby, the book is a project not a completed text. It should be considered a Work In Progress (WIP). For that reason, the book even has more than one title! That is appropriate for a project. Thereby, the book is, also, known as Psychology: History and Systems of Aggression.
The difficulty, in the book, that needs resolution is that the first part of the book is theory and the second, admittedly loosely associated, is a proposal for the creation of a clinic that represents the theory. It doesn't! Essentially, the difficulty is an editing problem that can be resolved through WIKI and other such services thereby making the book relational. That, in fact, is the ultimate goal.
Until that point, the book is a project or a work in progress (a WIP).
See: http://psychologyaggression.bravehost.com/index.html
Lindblom
As an example of the complexity, the book is a WIKI project being edited by others:
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/User_talk:Elindblom
For support, the book is part of a course at Harvard University. A description of that course can be found on a subsequent page of this website (see navigation bar).
Click for Harvard course:
http://h2o.law.harvard.edu/ViewProject.do;jsessionid=3B52E822DFAC4EB5BF742C861A548231?projectID=385
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
To: E. (Ch.) G.
Eric J. Lindblom
San Francisco, California
2003
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