Od liniowości do złożoności. Nowy paradygmat w naukach społecznych i politycznych
From linearity to complexity. A new paradigm in social and political sciences

Summary/Abstract: The article provides a brief overview of the concept of complexity in social and political sciences. It reflects upon paradigmatic challenges for the discipline of social sciences, formulated in Gulbenkian Commision Report, that promotes moving past the obsolete divisions between natural and social sciences and advocates more holistic interdisciplinary outlook on social phenomena. The complexity paradigm is proposed as such an approach. Hence, key features of complexity theory and fundamental properties of complex systems are described. Also, some embodiments of themes of complexity paradigm in political research are outlined.

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