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The dialectic as driver of complexity in urban and social systems

Penn, A; (2021) The dialectic as driver of complexity in urban and social systems. In: Handbook on Cities and Complexity. (pp. 233-258). Edward Elgar Publishing: Cheltenham, UK. Green open access

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Abstract

This chapter considers what can be learned from the study of urban systems considered as complex networks of spatial relations that might shed light on the rapid acceleration in human progress after their first invention around 10,000 BC. Using Hillier’s key notion of the objective subject, Karl Marx and Vilfredo Pareto’s distinct notions of the dialectic are reviewed. The contribution of space syntax research to consideration of the objective and subjective experience of urban systems is described, before finally proposing a dynamic bi-directional process in which the dialectic delivers continued progress in human development.

Type: Book chapter
Title: The dialectic as driver of complexity in urban and social systems
ISBN-13: 9781789900118
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.4337/9781789900125
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789900125
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions.
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett School of Architecture
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10137021
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