Niklas Luhmann

Translated into English for the first time, Luhmann's modern classic, Organization and Decision, explores how organizations work; how they should be d

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 proje

In this volume, Luhmann analyzes the evolution of love in Western Europe from the 17th century to the present. In the book he aims to restore the lost

A great deal of attention has been devoted to risk research. Sociologists in general have limited themselves to varying recognitions of a society at r

Niklas Luhmann is recognised as a major social theorist, and his treatise on the sociology of law is a classic text. For Luhmann, law provides the fra

LUHMANN:POLITICAL THEORY IN THE WELFARE STATE

Essays by Germany's most prominent and influential social thinker link his social theory to the question "What is modern about modernity?" and shows t

Translated into English for the first time, Luhmann's classic text explores how organizations work; how they should be designed, steered, and controll

This is the second volume of the author's magnum opus, which offers a complex theory of modern society that simultaneously considers issues of communi

This book offers a complex theory of modern society that simultaneously considers issues of communication, the media, differentiation, and evolution.

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The essays in this volume by Germany's leading social theorist of the late 20th century formulate what he considered to be the preconditions for an ad

A Systems Theory of Religion, still unfinished at Niklas Luhmann's death in 1998, was first published in German two years later thanks to the editori

Theoretical sociology has shown little interest in risk research. Here, Niklas Luhmann develops a theoretical program for such research. His premise i

Niklas Luhmann is recognised as a major social theorist, and his treatise on the sociology of law is a classic text. For Luhmann, law provides the fra

This is the definitive analysis of art as a social and perceptual system by Germany's leading social theorist of the late 20th century. It combines th

"The textual basis of an early seminar Luhmann held at Bielefeld, this book is essential reading for social and cultural scientists, theorists and his

In this important book Niklas Luhmann - one of the leading social thinkers of the late 20th century - analyses the emergence of ‘love' as the basis of

An important work by one of the leading social thinkers of the late twentieth century. This book is one of Luhmann's most systematic statement abou

Modern systems theory provides a new method for the analysis of society through an examination of the structures of its communications. In this volume