Description
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.
Book Details
Format
eBook
Pages
313 pages
Language
English
Published
May 14, 2014
Publisher
Open Court Publishing Company
Editions
3 editions
ISBN-10
0812697510
ISBN-13
9780812697513