ISBN:
080478793X
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9780804787932
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource
Series Statement:
Cultural memory in the present
Uniform Title:
R@eligion der Gesellschaft 〈English〉
Uniform Title:
Religion der Gesellschaft
Parallel Title:
Print version Luhmann, Niklas, 1927-1998 Systems theory of religion
DDC:
306.6
Keywords:
System theory
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Social systems
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Religion and sociology
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Religion and sociology
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Social systems
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System theory
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Religion and sociology
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Social systems
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System theory
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
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Religionssoziologie
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
A Systems Theory of Religion, still unfinished at Niklas Luhmann's death in 1998, was first published in German two years later thanks to the editorial work of André Kieserling. One of Luhmann's most important projects, it exemplifies his later work while redefining the subject matter of the sociology of religion. Religion, for Luhmann, is one of the many functionally differentiated social systems that make up modern society. All such subsystems consist entirely of communications and all are ""autopoietic, "" which is to say, self-organizing and self-generating. Here, Luhmann expla
Abstract:
Cover; Series Page; Contents; Editor's Note; 1. Religion as a Form of Meaning; 2. Coding; 3. The Function of Religion; 4. The Contingency Formula "God"; 5. The Differentiation of Religious Communication; 6. Religious Organizations; 7. The Evolution of Religion; 8. Secularization; 9. Self-Description; Notes; Index
Note:
"Originally published in German under the title Die Religion der Gesellschaft. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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