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Kenneth A. Loparo
The Circulation of European Knowledge: Niklas Luhmann in the Hispanic Americas [PDF ebook]

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This book studies the circulation of social knowledge by focusing on the reception of Niklas Luhmann’s systems theory in Hispanic America. It shows that theories need active involvement from scholars in the receiving field in order to travel.

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Table of Content

Introduction 1. Conceptualizing Knowledge Circulation: Methods and Theories 2. Bounding Luhmann: Different Strategies to Appropriate Foreign Knowledge 3. Luhmanization: Identity and Circulation 4. The Circulation of Luhmann’s Theory from a Comparative Perspective Conclusion

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Leandro Rodriguez Medina is Universidad de las Americas Puebla Representative at the The Puentes Consortium.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 127 ● ISBN 9781137430038 ● File size 1.1 MB ● Publisher Palgrave Macmillan US ● City New York ● Country US ● Published 2014 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 4992535 ● Copy protection Social DRM

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