Can we conceive of a science of autonomy?¹

Article type: Short Communication

Authors: Morin, Edgar^;

Affiliations: Centre d'Etudes Transdisciplinaires (Anthropologie et Sociologie), Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France

Note: [1] Originally published in French in: Cahiers Internationaux de Sociologie LXXI (1981) 257–267. Translated with the permission of the Publisher.

Abstract: It would appear that the classical vision of society and man which only recognizes determinisms and determinations is obsolete. The traditional ideas of autonomy, responsibility, and liberty which derive from our ‘subjective’ or existential experience must be modified. A new ‘science of autonomy’, with origins in biology and shaped by Cybernetics and Systems Theory, must be developed.

DOI: 10.3233/HSM-1982-3307

Journal: Human Systems Management, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 201-206, 1982