Social Information and the Regulation of Social Development

369 Pages·1978·7.023 MB·English

by  Viktor G. Afanasyev

socialism
today

V.A �ANASYEV
SociaIln formation
andt heR egulation
ofS ociaDle velopment
PROGRESSP UBLISHERS
MOSCOW
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CONTENTS
Page
Preface. . . . . .. . .. . .. . 7
ChapteIr. O n theC onceptioofnI nformant io 13
1.l'l lathematiTchaelo rioefsI nformat.i o.n . . . 13
2.T he Energy-OrieCnotnecde ptioofnI nformati.o n 25
3.I nformatiVoanr,i etayn d Reflectio.n . . . . 28
4.I nformatiRoenfl,e ctiaonnd Regulati.o n. .. 37
ChapteIrI .T he Essencaen d FundamentCahla racteriosfti cs
SociaIln formati.o n. . . . . . . 42
1.T he Essneceo fS ociaIln formati.o .n . . . . 42. . .
2.T he HighesTty pe oIfn formatiGoenn.e tiacn d Social
Heritag.e . . . . . .. ... .. .. .. 4 6. .
3.A dditionOabls evrationCso ncernitnhge S pecifiCch arac-
teristoifcS so ciaIln formati.o .n . 53
ChapteIrI I.T ypeso f SociaIln formation 64
1.E xistinCgl assificati.o ns. . . . 64
2.I nformatiCoonn cernitnhge F utur.e . 67
3.C lassifyIinnfgo rmatiCoonn cernitnhge P resent. 73
ChapteIrV .S ourceosf S ociaIln formati.o n 81
L SociaIln formatiaondnt heS ociaSlc ienc.e s .. 81
2.O therS ourceosf S ociaIln formant i.o . . . . 98
3.I nformatiaonnd Amplificatioofn I nteracLiAomnosn g
Sociaaln d Natural Scie.n .c es. . . . 10.7 . .
ChapteVr. The Roleo f Informatiionn t heR egulatioofn
Society. . . . . . . . . . . .1 14. .
1.T he Unityo fR egulatiaonnd I nformati.o .n . .. 1.1 4
2.I nformatiaonnd RegulatiSoyns tem.s . . . . 1.2 4 . .
3.A Meanso f SociaRle gulati.o n. . . . . 1.3 3 . . .
4.R equiremenTthsa tS houlBde Metb y SociaIln formatio1n4 2
ChapteVrI .I nformatiaonndt heT akinogf D ecisio.n s 151
1.R egulatiaonnd Decisio.n s . . . . . . 15.1 . . . .
2.T ho InformatiBoans iso f Decisio.n s . . . . 1..5 9 . .
3.P roblemS ituatioannsd Decisio.n s. . . . . 16.8 . .
4.D ecisioanss I nformatiMoond elso f ProbleSmi tuation1s7 4
ChapteVrI I.I nformatiSoyns temsP:r oblse mofT heory. 181
t.T he Needf orC reatiInngf ormatiSo�ns tesm 18t
341.040
6 CONTENTS
2.T heE ssenacnedC omponnteso fI fnormatSiyosnt em1s8 8
3.O bjectTiasvkessa,,n dO perations 191
4.T heO bjeocftI fnormatWioornk 211
5.M eanso fI fnormatPiroonc essing 229
6.I dnicatTohresE .v aluaotfOi uotnc omes 240
7. SIosc iCaylb ernFeetiacssi. b le.? . 246
ChaptVeIrII Ifn.o rmatMiaonan,n, d C omputers 259
1.M ana st heC entLrianlik n " ManC-omputSeyrs"t em2s5 9
2.I tneracBtieotnwseM eanna ndC omputienWr osr wki th
Ifnorma.t io.n . . . . . .. . ..2 70. . . . . .
3.T heP robloef"m M aCno-mputDeirla"o gu.e .s .. 2. 78
ChaptIeXrO. r ganiSzciinegn atnidfiT ce chnical In2f8o7r mation
1.I nofrmatAicotni viint ietFshi ee olfdS cie.n ce. .2 87.
2.T heF urthIemrp roveomfeI nfnto rmatSiyosnt eimns
Scieanncde hTneoocgly. . . . . . 2. 98. . . .
ChaptePro lXi.tI incfaolr m.a ti.o n . . . . . . 3. 0.7 . .
1.T heP olitSipchaelor feS ociLailf aen dP olitIi-ncal
format.i on. . . . . .. . 30.7 . . .
2.R eqiurenmtesT haSth ouI3ledM etb yP olitlincfaolr -
mat io.n . . . . .. .. .. .. .3 20 .
3.M asIsn formMaetdiio.an . . . . . .3 26.
4.T heI doelogiPcraolc easssa n InteraocftI inoofrn-
mati.o n 341
Conclusion 350
NameI dnex 358
SubjecItdn ex 361
PREFAEC
Boht int doyas's ceintisfitcus d iaendt odinap yr'asc tice
theirsep raobbly concnope titohna itsm orwei edleym ­
plody tehant haotf" inmfatoirno"A.n da tt hsema et imneo
ohterc oncheapst gteensdeo mr aanya rgumednsictuss,s ions,
andd iffeenrpto nitosf v eiwT. hesdei ffereanrcaeep spr naet
witrhge artdo m anyi ssuiensc,l utdhienn agtu roef t he
substanicnef oorfm aittcisho anr,a cterifsotrimicsns , the
whicihtm anisf ietssteilt.rfs ea, lt ni toot hel awasn dc ate­
gorioefps h ilosaonpidht ys rmoalneea mgienna tn dg uiding
thlei afnedd ve eloepnomtfs coeitAyn.d w hialtte h per eents
timsece intihsavtens o yte atgr eeudp otnh ees esntniaatleu r
oft hirsme arkabplhee neonmonw,h ilteh ecyo inntuteo
seracahn d afindddi iotncahla crtaeriasntdai lcsjsoxu tpaoes
itto m anifteisotonafss oicaelx istteahnthc avee l onbgen e
etsabliasndh aeldsc oo ntitnoidu enet iiftyrs o lien tihne­
teriaoscnt thacth areraiczsteoi clap rocetsosdeatsyh ,fe a ct
rmeaintsh aitfn orimoant deoxeiassn tdl i,va endu nfold
ani ncreansuimenbrgo fi st charactaesr ipsinettei tcrsa tes
alslp hrseea nda lslce toorfss oclli iafIet. inflbuoetnhc es
mankinadn di ndivipdreusaolnt sh,el iirv tehse,wi ary o f
tihnkianngdt, h emiord oef b heaivoIr.tp osael sra gneu m­
bre opfr oblbefemosrm ea nkdi anndf orciets e txonp dea
grwoinvgo leu omfm aterifianla,n cainadll a bror uesrocues
tos oltvehem .
Suche xpresassi" noifnmosar tiobnoo m,"" hter eovlution
in infioornam"na d"th tei nofrmatiinodnu sctornyt"oui slnyu
appeiantr i tolfen se swappre ajnodu rnaarlt iacsl eewE?l l
aso fb ooks,
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