Luhmann Explained : From Souls to Systems.
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 inclu...
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| 505 | 0 | |a Preface; Introduction; PART I: A New Way of Thinking about Society; 1. What Is Social Systems Theory?; 2. What Is Real?; 3. What Happens to the Human Being?; 4. What Can Be Done?; PART II: Mass Media; 5. The Mass Media as a System; 6. Beyond Manipulation; 7. The Reality of the Mass Media; 8. Individuality and Freedom; PART III: Philosophical Contexts; 9. Kant; 10. Hegel; 11. Marx; 12. Husserl; 13. Habermas; 14. Postmodernity, Deconstruction, and Techno-Theory; 15. Conclusion: From Metanarrative to Supertheory; Notes; References; Glossary of Key Terms. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a APPENDIXES: Translations of Key Luhmann TextsAppendix A: From The Society of Society; Appendix B: Cognition as Construction; Appendix C: Beyond Barbarism; Luhmann Bibliography; 1. Works by Luhmann in English; 2. Works on Luhmann in English; 3. An Annotated List of German Manualsfor Luhmann Studies; Index. | |
| 520 | |a 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. | ||
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