Art as an autopoietic sub-system of modern society: a critical analysis of the concepts of art and autopoietic systems in Luhmann's late production
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This article examines the philosophy of Niklas Luhmann as it relates to the sociology of art and culture. An analysis of Luhmann's systems theory based on the concept of autopoiesis is presented, originally a biological term referring to complex organization, differentiation and self-reproduction of cells.
Publication Name: Theory, Culture & Society
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0263-2764
Year: 2001
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How is our future contingent?: reading Luhmann against Luhmann
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A critical examination of the work of sociologist and cultural theorist Niklas Luhmann is presented, focusing on Luhmann's philosophy of time and contingency. Topics addressed include how conceptions of the present and future are shaped by social and psychic systems.
Publication Name: Theory, Culture & Society
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0263-2764
Year: 2001
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Economics of gift, positivity of justice: the mutual paranoia of Jacques Derrida and Nicklas Luhmann
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This article examines the sociological theories of Jacques Derrida and Niklas Luhmann regarding decision-making, rationality, and justice. Topics addressed include deconstruction and systems theory as they relate to law and the social system.
Publication Name: Theory, Culture & Society
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0263-2764
Year: 2001
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