설명
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.
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형식
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페이지
313 페이지
언어
영어
출판됨
May 14, 2014
출판사
Open Court Publishing Company
판본
3 editions
ISBN-10
0812697510
ISBN-13
9780812697513