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Irony, tragedy, and temporality in agricultural systems, or, how values and systems are related

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In the last decade the systems approach to agricultural research has begun to subsume the older reductionist approaches. However, proponents of the systems approach often accept without critical examination a number of features that were inherited from previously accepted approaches. In particular, supporters of the systems approach frequently ignore the ironies and tragedies that are a part of all human endeavors. They may also fail to consider that all actual systems are temporally and spatially bounded. By incorporating such features into a systems perspective, it becomes possible to consider them as involving the manipulation of things, the reconstruction of institutions, and the reformulation of policies in accordance with democratic goals and objectives as part of a single web of interrelationships. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 1989

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  • Lawrence Busch, 1989. "Irony, tragedy, and temporality in agricultural systems, or, how values and systems are related," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 6(4), pages 4-11, September.
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    DOI: 10.1007/BF02217808
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