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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Hans-Georg Moeller resides in Canada and is Associate Professor and Chairman at Brock University (St. Catharines, Ontario), Philosophy Department.
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Língua Inglês ● Formato EPUB ● Páginas 312 ● ISBN 9780812697513 ● Tamanho do arquivo 0.4 MB ● Editora Open Court ● Publicado 2011 ● Carregável 24 meses ● Moeda EUR ● ID 2345851 ● Proteção contra cópia Adobe DRM
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