Thomas<p>As someone interested in "the social as an ecosystem" I recently came across the 18th century philosopher <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Herder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Herder</span></a>. At a time where German <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enlightenment</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> was all about systems, he thought of his own work as idiosyncratic. Today, I believe, he can act as a translator to 20th century <a href="https://mas.to/tags/sociology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sociology</span></a>.</p><p>On Mastodon, to my surprise, I found the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Herder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Herder</span></a> scholar <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@sikka" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sikka</span></a></span> who wrote a book about this topic. At $20 it's a steal. The bibliography alone is a treasure trove!</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Herder-Humanity-Cultural-Difference-Enlightened/dp/1107686830/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">amazon.com/Herder-Humanity-Cul</span><span class="invisible">tural-Difference-Enlightened/dp/1107686830/</span></a></p>