Thinking Systematics: Critical-Dialectical Reasoning for a Perilous Age and a Case for Socialism by Smith, Murray E. G.

Thinking Systematics: Critical-Dialectical Reasoning for a Perilous Age and a Case for Socialism

Thinking Systematics (TSS) is conceived as a "toolkit for the mind" -- designed to improve how we...
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Author: Murray E. G. Smith
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Thinking Systematics: Critical-Dialectical Reasoning for a Perilous Age and a Case for Socialism by Smith, Murray E. G.

Thinking Systematics: Critical-Dialectical Reasoning for a Perilous Age and a Case for Socialism

BD$95.17

Thinking Systematics: Critical-Dialectical Reasoning for a Perilous Age and a Case for Socialism

BD$95.17
Author: Murray E. G. Smith
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Thinking Systematics (TSS) is conceived as a "toolkit for the mind" -- designed to improve how we think about the world, analyze information and pursue our goals. Smith and Hayslip make a compelling argument that individual thinking and collective decision making are being systematically constrained within limits imposed by outmoded forms of cognition and the determination of privileged elites to perpetuate an unsustainable status quo. The dialectical reasoning advocated in this wide-ranging book aims to overcome those limits and to allow a much more profound understanding of the human condition in the 21st century.

Mainstream problem-solving focuses almost exclusively on scientific/technological fixes on one side and moral/cultural remedies on the other. But to comprehend our world adequately far more serious attention must be given to the specifically social, economic and political arrangements shaping our lives. Once embraced by growing numbers of people, TSS strategies, methods and habits of thought can contribute significantly to a "new common sense" -- one adequate to meeting the immense challenges facing humanity in our era.

Author: Murray E. G. Smith, Tim Hayslip
Publisher: Fernwood Publishing
Published: 09/10/2024
Pages: 356
Binding Type: Paperback
ISBN: 9781773636931

About the Author

Murray E.G. Smith is professor emeritus in sociology at Brock University, with interests in social theory, political economy, health and illness, social movements, philosophy and dialectical methodology. His previous books include Twilight Capitalism and Invisible Leviathan.

Visit ​www.murraysmith.org for more details.
Tim Hayslip is a PhD student in sociology at York University. His research focuses on the intersection of the sociology of knowledge and economic sociology, seeking to explain the popularity of the Austrian School of Economics and its remedies for economic malaise: higher interest rates, less market regulation and allowing the bankruptcies of "zombie companies."

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