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Luhmann explained : from souls to systems / Hans-Georg Moeller.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moeller, Hans-Georg, 1964-
- Series:
- Ideas explained series ; 3.
- Ideas explained ; v. 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social systems.
- Social systems--Philosophy.
- Mass media--Social aspects.
- Mass media.
- Luhmann, Niklas, 1927-1998.
- Luhmann, Niklas.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (313 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : Open Court, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Contents; 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
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- "Luhmann bibliography": p. 275-292.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-09475-4
- 9786613094759
- 0-8126-9751-0
- OCLC:
- 714569659
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