Quantum Politics

Applying Quantum Theory to Political Phenomena

Ted Becker (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

248 Seiten

1991
Praeger Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-0-275-93310-4 (ISBN)

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Quantum physics, according to Theodore Becker, provides the means for replacing outdated eighteenth-century political and economic philosophies with a new paradigm more appropriate to our current understanding of physical reality. Becker had selected contributions by a number of political scientists who subscribe to the view that a Newtonian worldview is inadequate to explain today's political phenomena. These theorists believe that the laws and findings of quantum physics provide a more appropriate scientific paradigm. Becker terms intellectual forays exploring this hypothesis thought experiments. Together they comprise a major challenge to prevailing views held by the wealthy, government officials, and corporate executives. Newtonian theory, according to one contributor to this volume, is related to classic, liberal democratic thought and thereby to indirect, representative democracy. Quantum theory is linked with participatory democratic thinking--a more direct and purer form of democracy.

The book moves from a discussion of the relationship of physical and political theory to an explanation of the meaning of quantum politics. One thought experiment argues that all political perception is subjective. Another shows why the quantum focus on energy instead of momentum yields a better gauge of political stability and entropy. Among the author's compendium of ideas from the perspective of the political quantum are: quantum theory provides the scientific basis for selecting representatives by random sampling; the hydrogen citizen only captures one electron in his or her lifetime; Marxism is the most ambitious child of Newtonian Europe; and the dogma of individual freedom is hardly more than a myth. The book will elicit serious reflection on fundamental assumptions by anyone interested in government, politics, or political science.

THEODORE L. BECKER is Professor and Head of the Political Science Department at Auburn University. He is the author of nine books, including Comparative Judicial Politics and American Government: Past*Present*Future. He has been interviewed on the Canadian Broadcasting Co., and by Bill Moyers on PBS.

Preface: Thought Experiments, Paradigm Shifts and New Political Insights for the Twenty-first Century by Theodore L. Becker
Introduction to Quantum Politics
Physics and Politics--An Old Analogy Revised by William Bennett Munro
Quantum Politics: Theory and Applications in American Politics and Political Science by Theodore L. Becker
Quantum Theory and Political Thought
Quantum Theory and Political Theory by Christa Daryl Slaton
Integrating Quantum Theory with Post-Modern Political Thought and Action: The Priority of Relationships over Objects by Gus diZerega
Quantum Theory and Political Concepts
Political Perception, Latent Functions and Social Fields: A Quantum Theory Approach to Politics by R. J. Rummel
A Quantum Reconceptualization of Political Stability: The Role of Entropy in Modeling System Evolution by Peggy Ann James
Quantum Theory, Political Science, and Law
Policy Physics by E. Sam Overman
The Curvature of Constitutional Space: What Lawyers Can Learn From Modern Physics by Laurence H. Tribe
Present at the Creation: A Quantum Perspective on the Methodology of Political Research by John G. Heilman
Selected Bibliography
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	19.4.1991
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 235 mm
Gewicht	595 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Quantenphysik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
ISBN-10	0-275-93310-5 / 0275933105
ISBN-13	978-0-275-93310-4 / 9780275933104
Zustand	Neuware