Paris J Arnopoulos
Biographical Sketch
*Born in Athens in 1933, immigrated to Canada in 1948.
Studied Physics, Mathematics, Philosophy at Concordia University, Montreal
Political Science & International Affairs at NYU & Columbia University in N.Y.
*Taught world politics at Concordia University in Montreal for 33 years,
Was visiting professor at FIU in Miami and & CSU in San Francisco.
*During sabbaticals, worked at the United Nations in New York, UNESCO in Paris, UNITAR in Geneva,
& the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Canadian Federal Government in Ottawa.
*Past President of World Federalists, United Nations Association in Montreal,
Canadian International Affairs Institute, Canadian Future Studies Association,
Canadian Peace Research & Education Association,
Hellenic Studies Center, GAMMA Institute.
*Has been a project consultant to the United Nations University in Tokyo,
& OECD in Paris.
*Published articles on futuristics, classics, cybernetics, diplomacy,
public policy, methodology, interdisciplinary studies & sociophysics.
Latest books: Sociophysics; Sociopolitics; Cosmopolitics; Exopolitics.
*As Professor Emeritus since 2000, he now lives with wife Kathryn Radford
in Montreal, Athens and Miami.
*Born in Athens in 1933, immigrated to Canada in 1948.
Studied Physics, Mathematics, Philosophy at Concordia University, Montreal
Political Science & International Affairs at NYU & Columbia University in N.Y.
*Taught world politics at Concordia University in Montreal for 33 years,
Was visiting professor at FIU in Miami and & CSU in San Francisco.
*During sabbaticals, worked at the United Nations in New York, UNESCO in Paris, UNITAR in Geneva,
& the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Canadian Federal Government in Ottawa.
*Past President of World Federalists, United Nations Association in Montreal,
Canadian International Affairs Institute, Canadian Future Studies Association,
Canadian Peace Research & Education Association,
Hellenic Studies Center, GAMMA Institute.
*Has been a project consultant to the United Nations University in Tokyo,
& OECD in Paris.
*Published articles on futuristics, classics, cybernetics, diplomacy,
public policy, methodology, interdisciplinary studies & sociophysics.
Latest books: Sociophysics; Sociopolitics; Cosmopolitics; Exopolitics.
*As Professor Emeritus since 2000, he now lives with wife Kathryn Radford
in Montreal, Athens and Miami.
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In that quest, we start by introducing and defining democracy etymologically and historically, from its classical origins to the present reality. Then, consider the various problems and issues arising in the post-modern global world era. Finally, concluding with some theoretical and practical options in sustaining, updating, and adapting democracy to the exigencies of our reality.
This article presents a project to correct that problematic situation by measuring the physical aspects of the Global Society, expressed as the Weight of World (WoW). By discovering certain fundamental traits characterizing social systems, it will relate their economic, political and cultural sectors, as well as their natural environment.
Eventually, new information will be given primarily by means of a Gross National Mass (GNM) for each country and region of the world. The data thereby accumulated, when summarized and analyzed will present a more complete picture of the world, thus enabling social scientists and decision-makers to improve their knowledge of the international system and act accordingly.
To measure the GNM, the sociophysics paradigm will submit its conceptual framework and mathematical formulae. This statistical quantitative methodology will construct and apply a Socio-Physical-Index (SPI) as central measure of each country’s GNM, compared to its GNP. SPI will reflect the sum of the mass of humans, as well as their possessions and creations, by estimating and quantifying existing data from various sources.
The end product could be a published as an annual report on the state of the world, collating, tabulating and commenting on the detailed SPI of each country, as well as the correlation it has on important economic, ecological and political indicators.
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N.B. Although the main text of this paper was a chapter in Sociophysics (1995), it was edited and updated to fit this research proposal during the Ides of March, 2016.
held at Erindale College of the University of Toronto, and Co-Sponsored by The Royal Society of Canada and The University of Waterloo's Cooperative on Information Technology.
The excerpt here focuses on the effects of the classical theories of Plato and Aristotle relating to war and peace. The Greek philosophers searched for the root causes of war and the conditions of peace, including power politics, natural law, and world order. Thus, we shall describe and explain their conclusions about the causes for large scale organized violence, as well as their proposals of the way to establish a more lasting peace.
Although they only know their microcosm twenty-five centuries ago, their philosophic ideas are so fundamental as to be still pertinent and may help us resolve or attenuate these perennial problems in our global world.