Naslov
SOCIAL EQUIVALENT OF FREE ENERGY

Autori
Stepanić, Josip

Izvornik
Interdisciplinary description of complex systems (1334-4684) 2 (2004), 1; 53-60

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
social systems; social free energy; adaptation; organization; dispersion relation

Sažetak
Characterisation of unbounded resources of a social system within the sociological interpretation has resulted in a large number of different notions, which are relevant in different situations. From the point of statistical mechanics, these notions resemble free energy. In this paper the concept of social free energy is introduced and first steps toward its development presented. The social free energy is a function equal to physical free energy appropriately determined for the social system, with intrinsically sociological interpretation as a measure of social action obtainable in a given social system without changes in its structure. Its construction is a consequence of response of a social system to recognised parts of dynamics of its environment. It is argued that development of a social system response resembles exciting the normal modes of a general, physical system.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Sociologija

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