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Unlocking Luhmann: A Keyword Introduction to Systems Theory
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Abstract Luhmann's theory is fascinating and complex. It offers incomparably enlightening insights, references and research opportunities, but reveals its utility only after a quite high competence threshold. Using the reticular form of the glossary, this book makes the theory accessible while maintaining it... view more
Luhmann's theory is fascinating and complex. It offers incomparably enlightening insights, references and research opportunities, but reveals its utility only after a quite high competence threshold. Using the reticular form of the glossary, this book makes the theory accessible while maintaining its complexity. Without being obstructed by knowledge gaps or by references to concepts presented elsewhere, readers inside and outside sociology get the required support to explore sociological systems theory and to engage with it. Luhmann himself, in his introduction, praises the form of the glossary to cope with the challenges of the theoretical description of our highly complex society.... view less
Keywords
sociological theory; system theory; theory of society; complexity; communication theory; Luhmann, N.; society; social relations
Classification
General Concepts, Major Hypotheses and Major Theories in the Social Sciences
General Sociology, Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Sociology, Sociological Theories
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
Publisher
Bielefeld University Press
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
274 p.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839456743
ISBN
978-3-8394-5674-3
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed