Naslov
Application of the thermodynamic theory to social events

Autori
Petric, Nedjeljka

Izvornik
International Review of Modern Sociology (0973-2047) 21 (1991), No.1; 121-129

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

Ključne riječi
thermodynamic theory ; social events

Sažetak
The thermodynamics of open systems may be applied to social events and social development. In this paper, the thermodynamics method is applied to the society as a system. The principle followed was: not man against nature, trying to overpower natural laws ("arrange the nature") and thus survive, but man in harmony with natural laws, man as a part of nature. The other principle used was: "What the storm takes, the calm will not return" (a proverb), i.e. social events should take place as near to the equilibrium as possible, approaching the reversible process as much as possible. When the second law of thermodynamics is applied to society i.e. social events, entropy is interpreted not as disorder but as freedom of individuals.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kemijsko inženjerstvo

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