The Society of Society
The Grand Finale of Niklas Luhmann
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2247291 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel Lee (0000-0003-0789-058X, Pennsylvania State University, DuBois), Daniel S Lee (0000-0001-9671-5817, Pennsylvania State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 320-330 |
| Publication date | 2000-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0735-2751 • E-ISSN: 1467-9558 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/0735-2751.00102 |
| OpenAlex | W2147343719 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 3 |
This paper introduces Niklas Luhmann's final work, Die Gesellschaft der Gesellschaft (The Society of Society). According to Luhmann, sociologists have failed to produce even a partially adequate theory of society. Epistemological obstacles and humanist concerns for rationality and justice have prevented true progress in the discipline. With his 'radically antihumanist, radically antiregional, and radically constructivistic' social system theory, Luhmann intends to bring about a sociological enlightenment. Die Gesellschaft der Gesellschaft focuses on communication as the only genuinely social phenomenon. Social systems differentiate and evolve as they communicate in three separate dimensions: the social, temporal, and functional. The path of evolution results from a history of variation, selection, and restabilization within these dimensions. Communication, bit by bit, produces social structures that, recursively, produce future structures. Society is communication. Sociology, as the science of society, is communication about how different societal systems operate, communicate, evolve, and maintain their boundaries
Autopoiesis · Economic Justice · Enlightenment · Epistemology · Humanism · Political science · Rationality · Social science · Social system · Sociological theory · Sociology · Systems theory · Computer Science · Embodied and Extended Cognition · Interdisciplinary Studies and Sociocultural Dynamics · Law · Philosophy · University-Industry-Government Innovation Models
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| Unique citing works | 20 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,87 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2026 (24) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 19 |