Complexity, Difference and Identity: An Ethical Perspective (Hardcover)

Why Difference? A Preface; Paul Cilliers, Rika Preiser.- Complexity.- 1. Complexity, Difference and Identity; Paul Cilliers.- 2. The Complex "I". The Formation of Identity in Complex Systems; Tanya De Villiers-Botha, Paul Cilliers.- Difference.- 3. Complexity: the Evolution of Identity and Diversity; Peter Allen, Mark Strathern, Liz Varga.- 4. Comparison, Diversity and Complexity; David Byrne.- Identity.- 5. A Dynamical Approach to Identity and Diversity in Complex Systems; John Collier.- 6. Negativity, difference and critique: the ethical moment in complexity; Eduard Grebe.- Complexity and Ethics.- 7. The Complexity of Difference, Ethics and the Law; Wilmien Wicomb.- 8. Ethical Complexity; Harry Kunneman.- Ethical Consequences.- 9. Corporate Identity, Responsibility and the Ethics of Complexity; Minka Woermann.- 10. Business Ethics from below: rethinking organisational values, strategy and trust; Hans Muller.- 11. Agonistic Engagements: Difference, Meaning and Deliberation in South African Cities; Mark Swilling, Pierre Roux, Amelie Guyot.- 12. Africa: Globalisation and the Ethical; Leonhard Praeg.- Conclusion.- 13. Unpacking the Ethics of Complexity. Concluding Reflections; Rika Preiser, Paul Cilliers.