TY - BOOK ID - 974833 TI - Niklas Luhmann's modernity : the paradoxes of differentiation PY - 2000 SN - 0804739919 0804739927 PB - Stanford (Calif.): Stanford university press DB - UniCat KW - Luhmann, Niklas KW - Differentiation (Sociology) KW - Sociology. KW - Luhmann, Niklas, KW - 82.015.9 KW - 82:3 KW - Literaire stromingen: postmodernisme KW - Literatuur en maatschappijwetenschappen KW - 82:3 Literatuur en maatschappijwetenschappen KW - 82.015.9 Literaire stromingen: postmodernisme KW - Differentiation (Sociology). KW - Sociology KW - Social theory KW - Social sciences KW - Social differentiation KW - Social change UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:974833 AB - An introduction to the nature of modernity as envisioned by Germany's leading social theorist of the late twentieth century, Niklas Luhmann. The book injects concepts derived from Luhmann's influential systems theory into debates about modernity and postmodernity, constructivist and foundationalist epistemologies, the relationship between politics and ethics, and the possibilities of interdisciplinary work that spans the great divide between science and the humanities. The book stages challenging engagements with such thinkers as Jürgen Habermas, Jacques Derrida, Jean-François Lyotard, Drucilla Cornell, Judith Butler, Michel Serres, N. Katherine Hayles, and such political theorists as Chantal Mouffe and Carl Schmitt. The book closes with two interviews: one a discussion with Luhmann and Hayles on epistemology, the other with Luhmann on the functional differentiation of modern society. ER -