Devouring One´s Own Tail Autopoiesis in Perspective

• Main Author: Jehlička, Jakub (auth)
• Other Authors: Lehečková, Eva (auth), Jirsa, Jakub (auth), Halík, Tomáš (auth), Klír, Tomáš (auth), Kolman, Vojtěch (auth, Editor), Matějčková, Tereza (auth), Murár, Tomáš (auth, Editor), Petříček, Miroslav (auth), Procházka, Martin (auth), Slačálek, Ondřej (auth), Šebek, Josef (auth), Šlerka, Josef (auth), Vojvodík, Josef (auth), Voldřichová Beránková, Eva (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Prague Karolinum Press 2022
• Subjects: Society & social sciences; autopoiesis; philosophy; literary theory; new media; linguistics; religious studies
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Like the ancient ouroboros devouring its own tail, we are products of our own education, our own rules and methods of cognizing and shaping the world. As such, we are also their victims, living mostly by habit and inherited rules of conduct questioning them only in the moments of crises and sometime...