Luhmann Explained
From Souls to Systems| By: | Hans-Georg Moeller |
| Publisher: | Open Court |
| Print ISBN: | 9780812695984 |
| eText ISBN: | 9780812697513 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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What are systems? What is society? What happens to human beings in a hypermodern world? This book is an introduction to Niklas Luhmann's social system theory which explains specific functions like economy and mass media from a cybernetic perspective. Integrating various schools of thought including sociology, philosophy and biology Luhmann Explained results in an overall analysis of "world society". Special attention is given to the present-day relevance of Luhmann's theory with respect to globalization, electronic mass media, ethics, and new forms of protest.