Dr. Timothy X. MerrittJul 11, 2021Social Change - Conflict Theory(paid link) The Jungle by Upton Sinclair: Karl Marx and Freidrich Engels would have agreed with the Conflict Theory patterns of social...
Dr. Timothy X. MerrittJul 11, 2021Social Change - Emergence Theory(paid link) The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin: A quick Google search for books on Emergence Theory (also called Complexity Theory)...
Dr. Timothy X. MerrittJul 11, 2021Social Change - Evolutionary Theory(paid link) Oath of Fealty by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle: An excellent example of Evolutionary Theory can be found in In Oath of...
Dr. Timothy X. MerrittJul 11, 2021Social Change - Culture Theory(paid link) The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini: Patterns of Culture Theory are illustrated in The Kite Runner. In the novel, Hosseini’s...
Dr. Timothy X. MerrittJul 11, 2021Social Change - Technology Theory(paid link) I Robot by Isaac by Isaac Asimov: Patterns of Technology Theory are evident in the classic novel I Robot, and Asimov’s ideas...
Dr. Timothy X. MerrittJul 10, 2021Social Change - Cycle Theory(paid link) The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov: Patterns of Cycle Theory can be seen clearly in Isaac Asimov’s The Foundation. It is...
Dr. Timothy X. MerrittJul 10, 2021Social Change - Market Theory(paid link) Calumet K by Samuel Merwin: This book represents the pattern of Market Theory in fiction. It is amazing that in the modern...
Dr. Timothy X. MerrittJul 10, 2021Social Change - Progress Theory(paid link) Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand: This book represents the pattern of Progress Theory in fiction. Twenty-five years after J.B Bury...
Dr. Timothy X. MerrittJul 10, 2021Social Change - Development Theory(paid link) Animal Farm by George Orwell: This book represents the patterns of Development Theory in fiction. Often called “Dystopian...
Dr. Timothy X. MerrittJul 10, 2021Social Change - Power Theory (paid link) Angels & Demons by Dan Brown: This book represents the patterns of Power Theory in fiction. The Power Theory of Social Change...
Dr. Timothy X. MerrittJul 8, 2021Emergentism - God(paid link) The Return of the God Hypothesis by Stephen C. Meyer: My interest in Emergence and Emergentism led me to question some of the...