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A Systems Theory of Religion

Edited by André Kieserling
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A Systems Theory of Religion / Die Religion der Gesellschaft
Edited by André Kieserling

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 religion. The present volume, which Niklas Luhmann had been working on right up until his death in 1998, renews this claim by describing religion as an autonomous communication system within modern society.


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 religion. The present volume, which Niklas Luhmann had been working on right up until his death in 1998, renews this claim by describing religion as an autonomous communication system within modern society.


»This posthumously published book by Niklas Luhmann is arguably one of the most important works in the sociology and philosophy of religion of the last hundred years. It can only be compared in significance and scope to the works of Rudolf Otto, Mary Douglas, René Girard, Émile Durkheim, Max Weber, and Claude Lévi-Strauss. It is not just original, but also generative and indispensable: future discussions will have to refer to it, and it will become de rigueur and uncircumventable.« Eduardo Mendieta, Stony Brook University

»Don't be afraid: this book does not preach atheism. This book is not about the existential concerns of one individual. Rather, it approaches religion as a system as vital to society as those of the economy, law, and love. Luhmann shows what makes religion unique to society, its special capacity to guarantee meaning even when meaning defies obvious verification. This book is a further step in Luhmann’s general theory of society, a theory that remains unsurpassed as an approach to our times.« Nikolaus Wegmann, Princeton University

»This posthumously published book by Niklas Luhmann is arguably one of the most important works in the sociology and philosophy of religion of the last hundred years. It can only be compared in significance and scope to the works of Rudolf Otto, Mary Douglas, René Girard, Émile Durkheim, Max Weber, and Claude Lévi-Strauss. It is not just original, but also generative and indispensable: future discussions will have to refer to it, and it will become de rigueur and uncircumventable.« Eduardo...

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Niklas Luhmann (1927 – 1998) was professor of Sociology at the University of Bielefeld.

Niklas Luhmann (1927 – 1998) was professor of Sociology at the University of Bielefeld.


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Year of Publication: 2021
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Year of Publication: 2017
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»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...

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Korea (Saemulgyul)

The New Boss
Year of Publication: 2016
Niklas LuhmannYear of Publication: 2016

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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Contingency and the Law
Year of Publication: 2013
Niklas LuhmannYear of Publication: 2013
What can sociology contribute to modern legal theory? This was one of the central questions that continued to preoccupy Niklas Luhmann, the great sociologist who also held a law degree and...
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Power in the System
Year of Publication: 2012
Niklas LuhmannYear of Publication: 2012
What is power? Is it something you take over from someone and hold for a certain amount of time before passing it on to someone else – like a refrigerator, a second-hand car, or a...
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Political Sociology
Year of Publication: 2010
Niklas LuhmannYear of Publication: 2010
Luhmann developed his theory of politics when he was standing in for Theodor W. Adorno in Frankfurt in the 1960s. The book at hand is the first one to offer a comprehensive account of Niklas...
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Love
Year of Publication: 2008
Niklas LuhmannYear of Publication: 2008
Niklas Luhmann sees the communicative basis of what we refer to as love in the acknowledgement of foreign experience through one's own action. His classic »Love as Passion« published in 1982...
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English world rights (Polity), France (Diaphanes), Korea (Theorie Publishing)

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The Morals of Society
Year of Publication: 2008
Niklas LuhmannYear of Publication: 2008
Morality is commonly understood to be the domain of philosophy. And therefore it could appear all the more surprising that Niklas Luhmann – one of the most influential representatives of sociology in...
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Poland (selection; Academicon); previously published in the respective language / territory; rights available again: Spanish world rights (Trotta), Japan (Keiso Shobo)

Theory of Society
Year of Publication: 1998
Niklas LuhmannYear of Publication: 1998
Niklas Luhmann worked on an encomapssing theory of society with great consistency and care over the last three decades of his life, and this is now brought forward in Theory of Society.

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Art as a Social System
Year of Publication: 1997
Niklas LuhmannYear of Publication: 1997

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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Law as a Social System
Year of Publication: 1993
Niklas LuhmannYear of Publication: 1993
»Modern systems theory provides a new method for the analysis of society through an examination of the structures of its communications. In this volume, Niklas Luhmann, the theory's leading...
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Love as Passion
Year of Publication: 1982
Niklas LuhmannYear of Publication: 1982

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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