A systems theory of religion /

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 editorial work of André Kieserling. One of Luhmann's most important projects, it exemplifies his later work while redefining the subject matter of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Luhmann, Niklas, 1927-1998 (Autor)
Otros Autores: Kieserling, André (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Alemán
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2013]
Colección:Cultural memory in the present.
Temas:
Religion and sociology.
Social systems.
System theory.
Systems Theory
Sociologie religieuse.
Systèmes sociaux.
Théorie des systèmes.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Religionssoziologie
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 editorial work of André Kieserling. One of Luhmann's most important projects, it exemplifies his later work while redefining the subject matter of the sociology of religion. Religion, for Luhmann, is one of the many functionally differentiated social systems that make up modern society. All such subsystems consist entirely of communications and all are ""autopoietic, "" which is to say, self-organizing and self-generating. Here, Luhmann expla.
Notas:"Originally published in German under the title Die Religion der Gesellschaft."
Descripción Física:1 online resource (303 pages
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:080478793X
9780804787932

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