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La Complejidad y sus Ciencias

La Complejidad y sus Ciencias

This dossier of Revista de Occidente comprises three Uncategorizeds that deal with different ways of doing complexity science. Physicist Yaneer Bar-Yam talks about his research on complex systems such as the health system, the economy, or the military. Historian David...

Complejidad y Barroco

This Uncategorized deals with the conceptual problems of analyzing the Baroque as a system of culture, so that we study both the individual cultural works and the interactions they have with one another and that create the emergence of different cultural patterns. It...
The Potosí Principle: Religious Prosociality Fosters Self-Organization of Larger Communities under Extreme Natural and Economic Conditions

The Potosí Principle: Religious Prosociality Fosters Self-Organization of Larger Communities under Extreme Natural and Economic Conditions

We show how in colonial Potosí (present-day Bolivia) social and political stability was achieved through the self-organization of society through the repetition of religious rituals. Our analysis shows that the population of Potosí develops over time a series of...