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Theories of Distinction : Redescribing the Descriptions of Modernity /

The essays in this volume by Germany's leading social theorist of the late twentieth century formulate what he considered to be the preconditions for an adequate theory of modern society. The first two essays deal with the modern European philosophical and scientific tradition, notably the ogy...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Luhmann, Niklas (Autor)
Otros Autores: Rasch, William (Contribuidor, Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2022]
Colección:Cultural Memory in the Present
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction: The Self-Positing Society
  • PART I HUSSERL, SCIENCE, MODERNITY
  • 1 The Modern Sciences and Phenomenology
  • 2 The Modernity of Science
  • PART II PARADOX AND OBSERVATION
  • 3 The Paradox of Observing Systems
  • 4 Deconstruction as Second-Order Observing
  • 5 Identity-What or How?
  • 6 The Cognitive Program of Constructivism and the Reality That Remains Unknown
  • PART III COMMUNICATION
  • 7 What Is Communication?
  • 8 How Can the Mind Participate in Communication?
  • 9 I See Something You Don't See
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index