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Item specifics
- Condition
- Subject
- Globalization
- ISBN
- 9781421412771
- EAN
- 9781421412771
- Book Title
- Maxwell's Demon and the Golden Apple : Global Discord in the New Millennium
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Item Length
- 9.1 in
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Genre
- Political Science, Social Science
- Topic
- Intergovernmental Organizations, Future Studies, Globalization, World / General, International Relations / General
- Item Weight
- 16 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.2 in
- Number of Pages
- 216 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-10
1421412772
ISBN-13
9781421412771
eBay Product ID (ePID)
175766050
Product Key Features
Book Title
Maxwell's Demon and the Golden Apple : Global Discord in the New Millennium
Number of Pages
216 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2014
Topic
Intergovernmental Organizations, Future Studies, Globalization, World / General, International Relations / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Political Science, Social Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Width
6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2013-025011
Reviews
This is the most original and thought-provoking forecast of future world politics to be published in recent years.
Dewey Edition
23
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal
327.1
Table Of Content
Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Navigating the Chaos of Contemporary World Politics: Network versus No-work 1. Understanding the Language of Energy: Why Entropy Does Not Herald Doomsday 2. Entropy as Metaphor: Pattern Recognition, Time's Arrow, and the Big Chill 3. The Multidimensions of Disorder: Thermodynamics and World Politics 4. The Role of Emerging Powers in the Age of Entropy; or,What Happens When the Sheriff Leaves Town andAnonymous Moves In 5. How Power Diffusion Works to a State's Advantage: This Is Not Your Great-Grandfather's Multipolar World 6. Rising Entropy at the Macro Level: The World Is Not Flat in Purgatory 7. Rising Entropy at the Micro Level: Information Overload and the Advent of Truthiness 8. Maxwell's Demon and Angry Birds: Big Data to the Rescue? Notes Index
Synopsis
Mixing myth, entropy, and Angry Birds, Randall Schweller brings a novel perspective to international studies. Just what exactly will follow the American century? This is the question Randall L. Schweller explores in his provocative assessment of international politics in the twenty-first century. Schweller considers the future of world politics, correlating our reliance on technology and our multitasking, distracted, disorganized lives with a fragmenting world order. He combines the Greek myth of the Golden Apple of Discord, which explains the start of the Trojan War, with a look at the second law of thermodynamics, or entropy. "In the coming age," Schweller writes, "disorder will reign supreme as the world succumbs to... entropy, an irreversible process of disorganization that governs the direction of all physical changes taking place in the universe." Interweaving his theory of global disorder with issues on the world stage--coupled with a disquisition on board games and the cell phone app "Angry Birds"--Schweller's thesis yields astonishing insights. Maxwell's Demon and the Golden Apple will appeal to leaders of multinational corporations and government programs as well as instructors of undergraduate courses in international relations., Just what exactly will follow the American century? This is the question Randall L. Schweller explores in his provocative assessment of international politics in the twenty-first century.Schweller considers the future of world politics, correlating our reliance on technology and our multitasking, distracted, disorganized lives with a fragmenting world order. He combines the Greek myth of the Golden Apple of Discord, which explains the start of the Trojan War, with a look at the second law of thermodynamics, or entropy. ''In the coming age,'' Schweller writes, ''disorder will reign supreme as the world succumbs to entropy, an irreversible process of disorganization that governs the direction of all physical changes taking place in the universe.'' Interweaving his theory of global disorder with issues on the world stage--coupled with a disquisition on board games and the cell phone app Angry Birds--Schweller's thesis yields astonishing insights. Maxwell's Demon and the Golden Apple will appeal to leaders of multinational corporations and government programs as well as instructors of undergraduate courses in international relations., Mixing myth, entropy, and Angry Birds, Randall Schweller brings a novel perspective to international studies. Just what exactly will follow the American century? This is the question Randall L. Schweller explores in his provocative assessment of international politics in the twenty-first century. Schweller considers the future of world politics, correlating our reliance on technology and our multitasking, distracted, disorganized lives with a fragmenting world order. He combines the Greek myth of the Golden Apple of Discord, which explains the start of the Trojan War, with a look at the second law of thermodynamics, or entropy. "In the coming age," Schweller writes, "disorder will reign supreme as the world succumbs to . . . entropy, an irreversible process of disorganization that governs the direction of all physical changes taking place in the universe." Interweaving his theory of global disorder with issues on the world stage--coupled with a disquisition on board games and the cell phone app "Angry Birds"--Schweller's thesis yields astonishing insights. Maxwell's Demon and the Golden Apple will appeal to leaders of multinational corporations and government programs as well as instructors of undergraduate courses in international relations., Just what exactly will follow the American century? This is the question Randall L. Schweller explores in his provocative assessment of international politics in the twenty-first century.Schweller considers the future of world politics, correlating our reliance on technology and our multitasking, distracted, disorganized lives with a fragmenting ......, Just what exactly will follow the American century? This is the question Randall L. Schweller explores in his provocative assessment of international politics in the twenty-first century. Schweller considers the future of world politics, correlating our reliance on technology and our multitasking, distracted, disorganized lives with a fragmenting world order. He combines the Greek myth of the Golden Apple of Discord, which explains the start of the Trojan War, with a look at the second law of thermodynamics, or entropy. "In the coming age," Schweller writes, "disorder will reign supreme as the world succumbs to... entropy, an irreversible process of disorganization that governs the direction of all physical changes taking place in the universe." Interweaving his theory of global disorder with issues on the world stage--coupled with a disquisition on board games and the cell phone app "Angry Birds"--Schweller's thesis yields astonishing insights. Maxwell's Demon and the Golden Apple will appeal to leaders of multinational corporations and government programs as well as instructors of undergraduate courses in international relations.
LC Classification Number
JZ1318.S366 2014
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