At Both A Micro-information Level And A Macro-societal Level, The Concepts Of Knowledge And Wisdom Are Complementary - In Both Decisions And In Social Structures And Institutions. At The Decision Level, Knowledge Is Concerned With How To Make A Proper Choice Of Means, Where Best Is Measured As The Efficiency Toward Achieving An End. Wisdom Is Concerned With How To Make A Proper Choice Of Ends That Attain Best Values. At A Societal Level, Knowledge Is Managed Through Science/technology And Innovation. And While Science/technology Is Society's Way To Create New Means With High Efficiencies, They Reveal Nothing About Values. Technology Can Be Used For Good Or For Evil, To Make The World Into A Garden Or To Destroy All Life. It Is Societal Wisdom Which Should Influence The Choice Of Proper Ends - Ends To Make The World A Garden. How Can Society Make Progress In Wisdom As Well As Knowledge? Historically, The Disciplines Of The Physical Sciences And Biology Have Provided Scientific Foundations For Societal Knowledge But The Social Science Disciplines Of Sociology, Economics, Political Science Have Not Provided A Similar Scientific Foundation For Societal Wisdom. To Redress This Gap, Frederick Betz Examines Several Cases In Recent History That Display A Fundamental Paradox Between Scientific/technological Achievement With Devastating Social Effects (i.e., Historical Events Of Ideological Dictatorships In Russia, Germany, China, And Yugoslavia). He Builds A New Framework For Applying Social Science Perspectives To Explain Societal Histories And Social Theory. Emerging From This Methodological And Empirical Investigation Is A General Topological Theory Of Societal Dynamics. This Theory And Methodology Can Be Used To Integrate History And Social Science Toward Establishing Grounded Principles Of Societal Wisdom.--publisher's Website. Wisdom Versus Knowledge -- Ideology And Dictatorship -- Idealism And Realism: The Normative And The Empirical -- Societal Models -- Ethics In Society -- Universalization Of Perspective -- Designing Society -- Redesigning Society -- Reforming Society -- Societal Stasis And Change -- Civilization And Society -- Normative Societal Theory -- Influence, Ideology, And Corruption -- Research Technique. Frederick Betz. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 331-337) And Index.

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by Frederick Betz

Betz, Frederick

Springer Science+Business Media, LLC

Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management -- 11, 1., New York, NY, New York State, 2012

Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management, 2011

United States, United States of America

2012, 2011

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Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv
Wisdom Versus Knowledge....Pages 1-29
Ideology and Dictatorship....Pages 31-48
Idealism and Realism: The Normative and the Empirical....Pages 49-67
Societal Models....Pages 69-94
Ethics in Society....Pages 95-119
Universalization of Perspective....Pages 121-139
Designing Society....Pages 141-161
Redesigning Society....Pages 163-180
Reforming Society....Pages 181-199
Societal Stasis and Change....Pages 201-225
Civilization and Society....Pages 227-259
Normative Societal Theory....Pages 261-284
Influence, Ideology, and Corruption....Pages 285-303
Research Technique....Pages 305-329
Back Matter....Pages 331-344

Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management
Erscheinungsdatum: 24.11.2011

2013-10-20