Thinking Systematics

Murray E.G. Smith is professor emeritus in sociology at Brock University, with interests in social theory, political economy, health and illness, social movements, philosophy and dialectical methodology. His previous books include Twilight Capitalism and Invisible Leviathan. Visit ​www.murraysmith.org for more details.  Tim Hayslip is a PhD student in sociology at York University. His research focuses on the intersection of the sociology of knowledge and economic sociology, seeking to explain the popularity of the Austrian School of Economics and its remedies for economic malaise: higher interest rates, less market regulation and allowing the bankruptcies of “zombie companies.”

Preface;  Prologue I: : On Human Thinking, Society and a Decaying Culture ;  Prologue II: : Alarming Facts about Our Perilous Age;  Prologue III: : Observations on Human Potential ;  Introduction ;  Part I: : Thinking Systematics (TSS 1);  Chapter One: : The Need in Human Thinking ;  Chapter Two: : Dialectical Reason: A Brief Historical Survey;  Chapter Three: : TSS and Dialectical Logic;  Chapter Four: : TSS and the Environmental Crisis – A Case Study ;  Part II: : Taking the Social Seriously (TSS 2);  Chapter Five:: From Philosophy to Social Theory;  Chapter Six: : Faith, Reason and Morality;  Chapter Seven: : Evald Ilyenkov: Dialectics of the Ideal;  Chapter Eight:: Dialectical Monism versus Dualism ;  Part III: : Taking Socialism Seriously (TSS 3);  Chapter Nine: : Marxist Socialism and TSS Dialectical Materialism   ;  Chapter Ten: : Arguments for Socialism;  Epilogue: : TSS and Human Progress;  Appendix: A TSS Seminar