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Hegel's Theory of Absolute Spirit: Reflexive Practices in Hegel's Social Philosophy
European Journal of Philosophy, Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 96-114, March 2026.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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International Journal of Body, Mind and Culture, 2019 The aim of the current essay is to present the focal points of what Niklas Luhmann describes as human consciousness. Luhmann recognizes consciousness as an entity and reality, which cannot be reduced to other disciplines such as biology or sociology. The
Shahram Bagheri
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Epistemological Implications of a System—Theoretical Understanding for Sustainability Models
Systems Research and Behavioral Science, Volume 43, Issue 1, Page 96-110, January/February 2026.ABSTRACT In the sense of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), global efforts to create a sustainable society will not be sufficiently successful under the current geopolitical and socio‐economic trends. For this reason, recent sustainability research has increasingly focused on systemic coherence, the subject of cognition, and psychological and ...
Stefan Stumm
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Freedom of Scientific Inquiry and Democracy. A Systems‐Theoretical Approach
Systems Research and Behavioral Science, Volume 43, Issue 1, Page 342-352, January/February 2026.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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Claus Offe (1940–2025): A Tribute to His Academic Work and His Role as a Political Intellectual
Constellations, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 155-162, June 2026.
Tine Stein
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What Judges Need to Know: The Anti‐Factual Challenge and Judicial Review
The Modern Law Review, Volume 89, Issue 1, Page 3-27, January 2026.Today, there is a ‘knowledge crisis’, informing ‘societies of doubt’. Looked at more closely, we are confronted with attacks on expertise and knowledge, on facts and truth, as one chapter in the autocratic playbook. This challenges the legal system in many ways, be it legislation and other types of regulation, or administration and governance, as well ...
Susanne Baer
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The Chilean Revolts and the Failure of the Constituent Process
Bulletin of Latin American Research, Volume 45, Issue 1, January 2026.This article aims to contextualise the recent constituent process in Chile and its subsequent failure, paying attention not only to the so‐called contingent nature of the revolts inaugurated in October 2019, but also to the reengineering process implemented by the Pinochet dictatorship.
Sergio Villalobos‐Ruminott
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LUHMANN, Niklas: Realita masmédií
Časopis pro Právní Vědu a Praxi, 2015 Recenze publikace - LUHMANN, Niklas: Realita masmédií Praha: Academia, 2014, 143 s.
Monika Stachoňová
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Learning to Love Rats: A Postwar Ecology in a Cambodian Minefield
American Anthropologist, Volume 127, Issue 4, Page 746-756, December 2025.ABSTRACT This paper follows the implementation of landmine detection rats in Cambodia. Over the course of my ethnographic fieldwork with the team for the landmine detection rat technique training in Cambodia, I saw that the way the human landmine detectors (a.k.a.
Darcie DeAngelo
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Papers, 2007 Reseña de la obra de Ignacio Farías y José Ossandón (eds.) aparecida en 2006, Observando sistemas. Nuevas apropiaciones y usos de la teoría de Niklas Luhmann. Santiago de Chile: RIL Editores-Fundación SOLES. 394 p.
Equip de redacció
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