Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Theory Of Society, Volume 2ISBN13:9780804771603ISBN10:080477160XAuthor:Luhmann, Niklas (Author), Barrett, Rhodes (Translator)Description:This Second Volume Of Niklas Luhmann's Two-Part Final Work Was First Published In German In 1997 The Culmination Of His Thirty-Year Theoretical Project To Reconceptualize Sociology, It Offers A Comprehensive Description Of Modern Society 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 Love, All Of Which Structure This Fluidity And Make Communication Possible The Book Asks What Gives Rise To Functionally Differentiated Social Systems, How They Evolve, And How Social Movements, Organizations, And Patterns Of Interaction Emerge The Advent Of The Computer And Its Networks, Which Triggered Potentially Far-Reaching Processes Of Restructuring, Receives Particular Attention A Concluding Chapter On The Semantics Of Modern Society's Self-Description Bids Farewell To The Outdated Theoretical Approaches Of Old Europe--That Is, To Ontological, Holistic, Ethical, And Critical Interpretations Of Society--And Argues That Concepts Such As The Nation, The Subject, And Postmodernity Are Vastly Overrated In Their Stead, Society--Long Considered A Suspicious Term By Sociologists, One Open To All Kinds Of Reification--Is Defined In Purely Operational Terms It Is The Always Uncertain Answer To The Question Of What Comes Next In All Areas Of Communication Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:STANFORD UNIV PRPublication Date:2013-08-21Weight:1.4 lbsDimensions:0.9'' H x 9'' L x 6'' WNumber of Pages:470Language:English
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Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Niklas Luhmann
Publication Name: Theory of Society, Volume 2
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Ser.
Publication Year: 2013
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 22.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 472 Pages
