POLARIZATION

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Charles François (2004). POLARIZATION. International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(2): 2575.

Collection	International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics
Year	2004
Vol. (num.)	2(2)
ID	◀ 2575 ▶
Object type	Discipline oriented, General information, Human sciences, Methodology or model

“A concentration of groups , forces or interests, about two conflicting or contrasting positions”(Am. Her.Dict., p. 1014)

Polarization is a very general phenomenon from physics to social sciences (in this case in a more or less metaphorical sense)

It corresponds to the presence of two different attractors whose respective fields interact.