过程哲学视域的社会进化

社会进化问题是当前社会哲学研究的热点问题之一。它既有重要的理论意义,又有很高的现实价值。以过程哲学为视角,能够帮助我们更加充分地认识社会进化过程的本质和动力。依据过程本体论原理,人类社会的进化过程是社会宏观结构系统的不断演进、社会形态的逐步更替和人的自由程度的持续提高的过程,人的需要不断增长与更新、人的意识不断进化与成熟、人类实践不断拓展与升级,推动着人类社会进步。

The Globalisation of Firms as Social Systems

Existing theories of the globalisation of firms fall short of integrating evolutionary, self-reproductive mechanisms. This conceptual paper serves to provide an overview on existing literature in systems theory and to develop a basic framework for the study of evolutionary processes in the globalisation of firms. Ontological, epistemological, and methodological consequences of an evolutionary social systems approach to globalisation will be discussed.