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The Differentiation of Society / Niklas Luhmann.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Luhmann, Niklas, author.
- Series:
- European Perspectives Series
- European Perspectives
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1982]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- A collection of Niklas Luhmann's essays on the theory of modern society translated from German to English. Specifically includes essays on relevant theories of sociologists Durkeim and Parsons, social systems such as politics and economy, systems theory, evolutionary theory, communication theory, and others.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Author's Preface
- Translators' Introduction
- Part 1
- 1. Durkeim on Morality and the Division of Labor
- 2. Ends, Domination, and System
- 3. Talcott Parsons: The Future of a Theory
- Part II
- 4. Interaction, Organization, and Society
- 5. Positive Law and Ideology
- 6. The Autonomy of the Legal System
- 7. Politics as a Social System
- 8. The Political Code
- 9. The Economy as a Social System
- Part III
- 10. The Differentiation of Society
- 11. Systems Theory, Evolutionary Theory, and Communication Theory
- 12. The Future Cannot Begin
- 13. World-Time and System History
- 14. The Self-Thematization of Society
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-231-88086-3
- OCLC:
- 1100431184
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