Theory of society [[electronic resource] ] . Volume 1 / / Niklas Luhmann ; translated by Rhodes Barrett

• Autore: Luhmann Niklas <1927-1998.>
• Pubblicazione: Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (488 p.)
• Disciplina: 301
• Soggetto topico: Sociology; Social systems; Communication
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: BarrettRhodes
• Note generali: "Originally published in German under the title Die Gesellschaft der Gesellschaft."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Translator's Note; 1. Society as a Social System; 1.1. The Sociological Theory of Society; 1.2. Preliminary Remarks on Methodology; 1.3. Meaning; 1.4. The Distinction Between System and Environment; 1.5. Society as a Comprehensive Social System; 1.6. Operational Closure and Structural Couplings; 1.7. Cognition; 1.8. Ecological Problems; 1.9. Complexity; 1.10. World Society; 1.11. Demands on Rationality; 2. Communication Media; 2.1. Medium and Form; 2.2. Dissemination Media and Success Media; 2.3. Language; 2.4. Morality and the Secrets of Religion; 2.5. Writing ; 2.6. Printing2.7. Electronic Media; 2.8. Dissemination Media: Summary; 2.9. Symbolically Generalized Communication Media, 1: Function; 2.10. Symbolically Generalized Communication Media, 2: Differentiation; 2.11. Symbolically Generalized Communication Media, 3: Structures; 2.12. Symbolically Generalized Communication Media, 4: Self-Validation; 2.13. Moral Communication; 2.14. Effects on the Evolution of the Societal System; 3. Evolution; 3.1. Creation, Planning, Evolution; 3.2. Systems-Theoretical Basis; 3.3. The Neo-Darwinian Theory of Evolution; 3.4. The Variation of Elements ; 3.5. Selection Through Media3.6. The Restabilization of Systems; 3.7. Differentiation of Variation, Selection, and Restabilization; 3.8. Evolutionary Advances; 3.9. Technology; 3.10. The Evolution of Ideas; 3.11. The Evolution of Subsystems; 3.12. Evolution and History; 3.13. Memory; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This first volume of Niklas Luhmann's two-part final work was initially published in German in 1997. The culmination of his thirty-year theoretical project to reconceptualize sociology, it offers a comprehensive description of modern society on a scale not attempted since Talcott Parsons. Beginning with an account of the fluidity of meaning and the accordingly high improbability of successful communication, Luhmann analyzes a range of communicative media, including language, writing, the printing press, and electronic media as well as ""success media,"" such as money, power, truth, and lo
• Titolo autorizzato: Theory of society
• ISBN: 0-8047-8647-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461934803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Cultural Memory in the Present