Social Systems

By:

Niklas Luhmann

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Writing Science

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A major challenge confronting contemporary theory is to overcome its fixation on written narratives and the culture of print. In this presentation of a general theory of systems, Niklas Luhmann, Germany's most prominent and controversial social thinker, sets out a contribution to sociology that reworks our understanding of meaning and communication. For Luhmann, the end of metanarratives does not mean the end of theory, but a challenge to theory, an invitation to open itself to theoretical developments in a number of disciplines that, for quite some time, have been successfully working with cybernetic models that no longer require the fiction of the external observer. He links social theory to recent theoretical developments in scientific disciplines as diverse as modern physics, information theory, general systems theory, neurophysiology, phenomenology, and cognitive science. One of the most important contributions to social theory of recent decades, it has implications for many disciplines beyond sociology.

Author Biography:

Niklas Luhman is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Bielefeld. Several of his books have appeared in English, most recently Essays in Self-Reference

Release date NZ

January 1st, 1996

Author

Niklas Luhmann

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Contributors

Translated by Dirk Baecker
Translated by John Bednarz

Pages

684

Series

Writing Science

Dimensions

3819x5779x38

ISBN-13

9780804726252

Product ID

2112953

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