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Sociocracy is a theory of governance that seeks to create psychologically safe environments and productive organizations. It draws on the use of consent , rather than majority voting , in discussion and decision-making by people who have a shared goal or work process .
The Family as a Type of Society is an anarchist and anarcha-feminist essay written in 1886 by Charlotte Wilson.Initially published in the journal The Anarchist, Wilson delved into her reflections on the nature of patriarchy in society, its emergence, and the connections it would establish with the rise of the State and social hierarchies.
Cornelis "Kees" Boeke (25 September 1884 – 3 July 1966) [1] was a Dutch reformist educator, Quaker missionary and pacifist.He is best known for his popular essay/book Cosmic View (1957) which presents a seminal view of the universe, from the galactic to the microscopic scale, and which inspired several films.
Sociocracy is a socialist-positivist political view created by Auguste Comte, based on Saint-Simon's aristocratic, utopian socialist heritage, prioritizing social justice and a central government with direct democracy without parliament.
There is a significant variation between the first text published by the author in 1884 and the second version of the text. [1] In this second version, Malatesta evolved in his positions; he no longer explicitly refers to anarchist communism [1] and avoids defining anarchy too precisely, preferring instead to maintain a general framework of thought to avoid overly restricting his subject. [1]
John Greville Agard Pocock ONZM (/ ˈ p oʊ k ɒ k /; 7 March 1924 – 12 December 2023) was a New Zealand historian of political thought.He was especially known for his studies of republicanism in the early modern period (mostly in Europe, Britain, and America), his work on the history of English common law, his treatment of Edward Gibbon and other Enlightenment historians, and, in historical ...
The inventors of sociocracy felt that having a relatively high bar to block a process -- at least relative to true consensus -- was an important part of making sociocracy a viable system. Ah, that sounds like a good reply to the criticism of political paralysis.
The Essay was critically acclaimed upon publication with a wide readership for about thirty years after it was published. [5] Voltaire praised Ferguson for "civilizing the Russians" as it was being taught in the University of Moscow. [6] David Hume, a friend of Ferguson's and an admirer of his earlier Essay on Refinement (1759), disliked the ...