Beschreibung
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.
Buchdetails
Format
E-Book
Seiten
313 Seiten
Sprache
Englisch
Veröffentlicht
May 14, 2014
Verlag
Open Court Publishing Company
Ausgaben
3 editions
ISBN-10
0812697510
ISBN-13
9780812697513