The logics of social structure/
Kyriakos M. Kontopoulos
- Cambridge: Cambridge Cniversity Press, 1993.
- x, 481 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
pt. I. Metatheoretical considerations. 1. Epistemic strategies in contemporary science. 2. The dynamics of emergence: the case against reductionism. 3. The nature of hierarchical and heterarchical organization. 4. Some formal theses on hierarchy and heterarchy --
pt. II. Compositionist logics. 5. Methodological individualism. 6. Constructionism/compositionism: elementary notions. 7. Complex systems of interaction --
pt. III. Logics of hierarchy. 8. Hierarchy theory and postfunctional analysis. 9. The hierarchical theory of social structure --
pt. IV. Heterarchical logics. 10. Heterarchical thinking in social thought. 11. Neural networks as a model of structure --
pt. V. The phenomenology of social structures. 12. Modalities and systems of interaction. 13. Heterarchical levels of social structure. 14. On structural totalities -- 15. In conclusion -- Appendix: The logics of structuration.