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ORGANICISM [2 records]

Record 1 2012-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of Ideologies
CONT

As suggested earlier, from a logical point of view, Spencer's organicism should be welcomed by the rulers of authoritarian collectivist states ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie des idéologies
DEF

Conception [...] selon laquelle les sociétés fonctionnent comme des organismes vivants qui évoluent en étant marqués par une différenciation croissante et une coordination de plus en plus harmonieuse de leurs diverses composantes.

OBS

Conception développée notamment par Herbert Spencer.

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biological Sciences
DEF

The view that the whole of a complex system such as a cell or organism, is functionally greater than the sum of its parts.

OBS

Also a view of organizations in which the organization is viewed as a functioning whole; a change in any element of the system will thus change the entire system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences biologiques
DEF

[...] tendance de l'univers à construire des unités de complication croissante : matière inerte, matière vivante, matière vivante et pensante.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciencias biológicas
DEF

Teoría según la cual todos los entes físicos y biológicos forman parte de un sistema, cuya totalidad es mayor que la suma de las partes que lo componen.

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