Alexander Bogdanov and the origins of systems thinking in Russia Book

	List of contributors
1	Introduction	3
2	Bogdanov's Tektology: Towards a new paradigm	7
3	Bogdanov and the development of science in the twentieth century	15
4	Sources and precursors of Bogdanov's Tektology	25
5	From Empiriomonism to Tektology	43
6	Monist philosophy as the basis of Tektology	55
7	Biological ideas in Tektology	63
8	Pioneers in systems thinking: Bogdanov and Vernadsky	74
9	Psychological applications of Tektology	88
10	Discussion: Philosophical Foundations	96
11	The economic ideas of Bogdanov	131
12	Bogdanov's Tektology and economic theory	143
13	Bogdanov and the theory of economic evolution	157
14	Plan and market in Bogdanov's Tektology	166
15	Tektology and economic reconstruction	180
16	Discussion: Applications in Economics	190
17	Tektology in contemporary perspective	221
18	Tektology: Birth of a discipline?	228
19	Tektology and GST: A comparative analysis	237
20	Bogdanov and the idea of co-evolution	254
21	Tektology and organizational systems	265
22	A tektological approach to multi-connectivity and dualism in complicated systems	270
23	Social genetics and organizational science	278
24	Discussion: General Theory of Systems	304
25	Tektology: Editions and Translations	333
26	Profiles of Russian scientists and philosophers	344
	Name Index	358