Chaos and critical theory / Boudourides, Moses A.

In: Einstein meets Magritte Conference, Brussels. - - 1995

In general, chaos theory is considered to refer to the economy betweenorder and chance, determinism and unpredictability, clarity and aporia.However, from an epistemological and a critical point of view, it mightbe interesting to assess the local and global perspectives rooted intothe interdisciplinary body of chaos theory. Such an assessment is meaningfulnot only in understanding the various claims about the validity of chaosin different scientific fields, but also in clarifying the cultural andpolitical context of chaos theory. The latter is what Hayles in the ChaosBound (1990) calls the "politics of chaos."

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