Niklas Luhmann

Niklas Luhmann (1927-1998), studied law at the University of Freiburg and earned a doctoral degree. He is considered one of the most prominent pioneers of Sociological Systems Theory, whose innovative approach contrasted with that of Talcott Parsons, the most renowned theorist in the field during the 1960s, under whom he studied at Harvard University. He held various positions at the Universities of Münster, Frankfurt, and finally at the University of Bielefeld, where he remained until his retirement in 1993. His prolific work as a writer on diverse topics such as law, economics, politics, art, ecology, or mass media continued even after this date, culminating with his most important work: The Society of Society, published in 1997.

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Niklas Luhmann Books

Niklas Luhmann Books

We found 124 Books for niklas luhmann

The new Boss

Love as Passion: The Codification of Intimacy (Cultural Memory in the Present)

Theories of Distinction: Redescribing the Descriptions of Modernity: Redescribing the Escriptions of Modernity (Cultural Memory in the Present)

Theory Of Society, Volume 2 (cultural Memory In The Present)

Trust and Power

social systems

Love as Passion: The Codification of Intimacy

The Making of Meaning: From the Individual to Social Order: Selections From Niklas Luhmann's Works on Semantic and Social Structure

Theory of Society, Volume 1 (Cultural Memory in the Present)

A Systems Theory of Religion

Observations on Modernity

art as a social system

Organization and Decision

The new Boss

A Sociological Theory Of Law (glasshouse Books)

Theory of Society, Volume 2 (Cultural Memory in the Present)

Organization and Decision

Risk: A Sociological Theory

Political Theory in the Welfare State

Risk: A Sociological Theory (Communication and Social Order)

The Differentiation of Society

Law as a Social System

Art as a Social System (Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics)

Theory of Society, Volume 1 (Cultural Memory in the Present)

A Systems Theory of Religion

Theories of Distinction: Redescribing the Descriptions of Modernity (Cultural Memory in the Present)

Risk

A Sociological Theory of law

Erkenntnis als Konstruktion [Great Papers Soziologie] (in German)

Die Kontrolle von Intransparenz (in German)

Ideenevolution: Beiträge zur Wissenssoziologie (in German)

Liebe: Eine Übung (in German)

Legitimation Durch Verfahren: 443 (in German)

Der Neue Chef. Niklas Luhmann , Herausgegeben und mit Einem Nachwort von Jürgen Kaube (in German)

introduction to systems theory

Paradigm lost: ber die ethische Reflexion der Moral: Rede von Niklas Luhmann anllich der Verleihung des Hegel-Preises 1989 (in German)

the reality of the mass media

Soziologie des Risikos (in German)

Macht im System (in German)

Gesellschaftsstruktur und Semantik: Studien zur Wissenssoziologie der Modernen Gesellschaft. Band 1: Bd 1 (Suhrkamp Taschenbuch Wissenschaft) (in German)

love,a sketch

Die Gesellschaft (in German)

Liebe als Passion: Zur Codierung von Intimität (Suhrkamp Taschenbuch Wissenschaft) (in German)

Sociología del Riesgo (in Spanish)

Gesellschaftsstruktur und Semantik. Studien zur Wissenssoziologie der Modernen Gesellschaft Band 4 (Suhrkamp Taschenbuch Wissenschaft, stw 1438) (in German)

Sociología Política (Estructuras y Procesos. Ciencias Sociales) (in Spanish)

La Moral de la Sociedad (in Spanish)

Reality of the Mass Media

Das Erziehungssystem der Gesellschaft (Suhrkamp Taschenbuch Wissenschaft) (in German)

Politische Soziologie (in German)