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A New Cosmology of Risks and Crises: Time for a Radical Shift in Paradigm and Practice

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Crises in the 21st century differ—structurally— from those we had to deal with in the last century. Those were traditionally defined and handled as a combination of “threat, urgency and uncertainty”. Today, they are better described in terms of a destruction of vital references and a dynamic of systemic implosions. If crises were a type of severe, dynamic accident , they are becoming the essential mode of life of our hypercomplex systems. These transboundary crises mark a watershed between mindsets and tools of the past, and the new strategic landscape which we are now in. The intellectual and governance challenges are extreme. But looking backwards is not an option. It is vital to forge new routes into Terrae Incognitae. The goal of this article is to help build a) a renewed understanding of the emerging challenges we face; b) a better strategic response to these systemic dislocations which are now the name of the game.
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hal-00370652 , version 1 (24-03-2009)

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Patrick Lagadec. A New Cosmology of Risks and Crises: Time for a Radical Shift in Paradigm and Practice. 2009. ⟨hal-00370652⟩

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