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Religion i systemteoretisk belysning
Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift, 1996 The article is an introduction to the work of the German sociologist, Niklas Luhmann (born 1927), with special reference to some of the basic assumptions in his theory of religion.
Povl Götke
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Aportes de las teorías sociológicas a la discusión de la ontología. Los casos de Luhmann, Habermas y Latour [PDF]
, 2016 In this paper are discussed the contributions of the contemporary sociological theory to the philosophical and scientical question of Ontology, for this purpose are compared the ontological assumptions elaborated for the General Social Systems Theory by ...
Pignuoli Ocampo, Sergio
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INTERthesis, 2016 Desde hace unos años se manifiesta un creciente interés entre los sociólogos en establecer un nexo entre la Teoría de sistemas sociales autorreferenciales de Niklas Luhmann con los marcos teóricos que componen la filosofía social posestructuralista ...
Josep Pont Vidal
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The Paradox of Observing, Autopoiesis, and the Future of Social Sciences [PDF]
, 2007 The current debates in social sciences show that the paradox of observing—the embeddedness of observer in the process of observing—is at the heart of the controversy about their cognitive status and future.
Shkliarevsky, Gennady
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Sociologias, 2003 El artículo ofrece una reseña de la fructífera relación teórica entre Niklas Luhmann y Humberto Maturana. La teoría luhmanniana es un edificio conceptual cuyas dimensiones abarcan la comprensión de todo lo social. Pese al fallecimiento del autor en 1998,
Darío Rodríguez M., Javier Torres N.
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Freedom of Scientific Inquiry and Democracy. A Systems‐Theoretical Approach
Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The article examines the relationship between democracy and one of its inherent features: freedom of scientific inquiry—a multi‐layered concept closely intertwined with the broader notion of academic freedom—both of which are increasingly under threat worldwide. The paper advocates for the use of Luhmann's theoretical framework to analyse this
Krešimir Žažar, Steffen Roth
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Who Is the System? On the Externalisation and Depersonalisation of Responsibility for Abuse
Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines the externalisation and depersonalisation of responsibility in the institutional communication of the Roman Catholic Church in the context of sexualised violence. Niklas Luhmann's theory of social systems is used to show how semantic constructions such as ‘systemic causes’ rhetorically blur responsibility and contribute ...
Thomas Kron
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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In the last several years, disaster insurance programs around the world have experienced disruptions that many observers interpret to be a primary symptom of “climate crisis” (Bittle 2024). Governments have responded to these disruptions through disjointed and at times contradictory measures: they treat disasters, alternately, as “Acts of God”
Stephen J. Collier
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Hegel's Theory of Absolute Spirit. Reflexive Practices in Hegel's Social Philosophy
European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.Abstract This paper argues that Hegel's concept of absolute spirit should be understood as central to his social philosophy. Rather than designating a metaphysical endpoint, absolute spirit refers to reflexive practices—art, religion, and philosophy—through which societies critically engage with the norms and assumptions that structure social life ...
Markus Gante
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Potentiale der Kritik oder Selbstlauf? Kunst und Gesellschaft [PDF]
, 2005 Künstlerbilder – Kunstausbildung – Kunsttheorie – Holocaust Mahnmal Berlin – Niklas Luhmann – Theodor W.
Reck, Hans Ulrich (Prof. Dr.)
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