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Record Nr.

UNINA9910476895903321

Autore

Baraldi Claudio <p>Giancarlo Corsi, Università degli studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italien </p>

Titolo

Unlocking Luhmann : A Keyword Introduction to Systems Theory / Claudio Baraldi, Giancarlo Corsi, Elena Esposito, Katherine Walker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bielefeld, : Bielefeld University Press, 2021

ISBN

9783839456743

3839456746

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (276 p.)

Collana

BiUP General

Disciplina

301

Soggetti

Sociological Theory

Systems Theory

Theory of Society

Complexity

Communication Theory

Society

Social Relations

Bielefeld University Press

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter    1 Contents    5 Preface to the English Edition    9 Foreword to the Italian Edition    13 Introduction    17 Ways to Read this Book    21 Art System (Kunstsystem)    27 Asymmetrization (Asymmetrisierung)    31 Attribution (Zurechnung)    35 Autopoiesis    37 Code    41 Communication (Kommunikation)    45 Complexity (Komplexität)    49 Conflict (Konflikt)    53 Constructivism (Konstruktivismus)    57 Differentiation (Differenzierung/Ausdifferenzierung)    61 Differentiation of Society (Differenzierung der Gesellschaft)    65 Dissemination Media (Verbreitungsmedien)    71 Double Contingency (Doppelte Kontingenz)    75 Economic System (Wirtschaftssystem)    79 Education System (Erziehungssystem)    83 Event (Ereignis)    87 Evolution    91 Expectations (Erwartungen)    95 Functional Analysis (Funktionale Analyse)    99 Identity/Difference (Identität/Differenz)    101



Inclusion/Exclusion (Inklusion/Exklusion)    105 Information    109 Interaction (Interaktion)    111 Interpenetration and Structural Coupling (Interpenetration und strukturelle Kopplung)    115 Language (Sprache)    121 Legal System (Rechtssystem)    125 Love (Liebe)    129 Mass media (Massenmedien)    133 Meaning (Sinn)    137 Meaning Dimensions (Sinndimensionen)    141 Medical System (Krankensystem)    145 Medium/Form    149 Morality (Moral)    151 Negation    155 Operation/Observation (Operation/Beobachtung)    157 Organization (Organisation)    163 Paradox (Paradoxie)    167 Political System (Politisches System)    171 Power (Macht)    175 Process (Prozess)    179 Program (Programm)    181 Property/Money (Eigentum/Geld)    185 Protest    187 Psychic Systems (Psychische Systeme)    189 Rationality (Rationalität)    191 Redundancy/Variety (Redundanz/Varietät)    193 Re-entry    195 Religious System (Religionssystem)    197 Risk/Danger (Risiko/Gefahr)    201 Scientific System (Wissenschaftssystem)    205 Self-description (Selbstbeschreibung)    209 Self-Reference (Selbstreferenz)    213 Semantics (Semantik)    217 Social System (Soziales System)    221 Society (Gesellschaft)    223 Sociological Enlightenment (Soziologische Aufklärung)    225 Structure (Struktur)    227 Symbolically Generalized Media (Symbolisch generalisierte Kommunikationsmedien)    229 System/Environment (System/Umwelt)    235 System of Families (System der Familien)    239 Time (Zeit)    243 Truth (Wahrheit)    247 Values (Werte)    251 World (Welt)    253 World Society (Weltgesellschaft)    255 List of Luhmann's works    259

Sommario/riassunto

Luhmann's theory is fascinating and complex. It offers incomparably enlightening insights, references and research opportunities, but reveals its utility only after a quite high competence threshold. Using the reticular form of the glossary, this book makes the theory accessible while maintaining its complexity. Without being obstructed by knowledge gaps or by references to concepts presented elsewhere, readers inside and outside sociology get the required support to explore sociological systems theory and to engage with it. Luhmann himself, in his introduction, praises the form of the glossary to cope with the challenges of the theoretical description of our highly complex society.

»Dies ist ein gelungenes Projekt, das unzweifelhaft die erste Kontaktaufnahme erleichtert und den Zugang zur Theorie um vielfältige Sichtweisen erweitert. Man kann sich nur über die englische Übersetzung freuen.«