Luhmann without society
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4495264 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Leon Wansleben (0000-0003-0807-420X, London School of Economics and Political Science, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 188-192 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Finance and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2059-5999 • E-ISSN: 2059-5999 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2218/finsoc.v4i2.2872 |
| OpenAlex | W2932508804 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 13 |
Konings successfully mobilizes social theory to demonstrate how various post-Marxist, Polanyian, and Foucauldian analyses fail to make sense of financialization and neoliberal governance as persistent societal formations. In their place he offers an analysis focused on the logic of 'leverage', which he sees as a source of not only private gain but also governmental power. I fully endorse Konings' turn to social theory, and in particular to the work of Niklas Luhmann. But I suggest that, since Konings leaves out Luhmann's broader theory of society, he can neither capture the tight couplings between the economy and politics presupposed in neoliberal governance, nor contextualize this governance as a 'provincial', US-centred project
Epistemology · Political science · Sociology · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism · Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |