Luhmann Explained. Hans-Georg Moeller
Luhmann Explained
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Автор произведения: Hans-Georg Moeller
Серия: Ideas Explained
Жанр: Афоризмы и цитаты
Издательство: Ingram
isbn: 9780812697513
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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.