»Theme: theory of society; duration: 30 years; costs: none« – so ran Niklas Luhman’s infamous answer at the end of the 1960s in regard to his research project. The schedule was kept: in 1997 Theory of Society, Luhmann’s magnum opus and the key element of the project, was published.
As important as this work is, its background is also remarkable. For, as the sociologist’s unpublished writings show, over the course...
»Theme: theory of society; duration: 30 years; costs: none« – so ran Niklas Luhman’s infamous answer at the end of the 1960s in regard to his research project. The schedule was kept: in 1997 Theory of Society, Luhmann’s magnum opus and the key element of the project, was published.
As important as this work is, its background is also remarkable. For, as the sociologist’s unpublished writings show, over the course of decades he had written many polished and stand-alone versions of his theory of society that were ready for publication. In 1975 he brought to a close the first of these on almost one thousand typescript pages.
It is without a doubt the most sociologically comprehensive version of a global theory of society that emerged from Luhmann’s unique research project, and now it is being published for the very first time under the title A Systems Theory of Society.
Every organisation, as stolid as it may be, experiences a certain shock when a new manager or director is about to take over. Water cooler gossip increases, every advance in knowledge is...
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The classics of sociology had regarded the sociology of religion a vital part of social theory; also, and especially, when faced with modern society, supposedly created so far removed from...
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Under the title Art as a Social System, this book offers a series of publications that serve the elaboration of a theory of society. The entire undertaking – Theory of Society...
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In this important book Niklas Luhmann - one of the leading social thinkers of the late 20th century - analyses the emergence of »love« as the basis of personal relationships in modern...
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