Theory of Society, Volume 2 - (Cultural Memory in the Present) by Niklas Luhmann (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This is the second volume of the author's magnum opus, which offers a complex theory of modern society that simultaneously considers issues of communication, the media, differentiation, and evolution.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>This is the second volume of the author's magnum opus, which offers a complex theory of modern society that simultaneously considers issues of communication, the media, differentiation, and evolution.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Niklas Luhmann's membership in the canon of genuinely original and comprehensive social theorists is radiantly evident. Together with that of Simmel, Durkheim, Weber, Mead, and Parsons, his work stands as one of the monumental achievements of twentieth-century sociology. With the English publication of <i>Theory of Society</i>, Luhmann's magnum opus is finally available to a global readership. Students who master its supple conceptuality will find it indispensable in understanding the complexity and dynamism of the contemporary world.--David Wellbery<br><br>One of the masterpieces of social theory written after World War II.--Axel Honneth "Columbia University"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Niklas Luhmann (1927-1998), Professor of Sociology at the University of Bielefeld, was one of the most eminent social theorists of the last decades of the twentieth century. Stanford University Press has published a number of his books in English, most recently <i>A Systems Theory of Religion</i> (2012) and the first volume of <i>Theory of Society</i> (2012).
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