The Anthem Companion to Niklas Luhmann

The Anthem Companion to Niklas LuhmannThe Companion contains twelve chapters written by proven experts on Luhmanns social systems theory. Among the contributions are overviews of the development of Luhmanns thinking, introductions to key areas of Luhmanns theory of society and critical assessments of core concepts of his social systems theory approach. The chapters cover the main societal function systems of law, politics, the economy, science, religion and art. Among the chapters are

and future directions

and Action challenges widely held presuppositions within philosophy in its classical ‘analytic’

and his textual legacy

This book takes a comparative approach across a range of settings

embodiment and globalization

family and friends

and highlight varying institutional and aesthetic responses to navies and the sea in popular culture

The book makes a compelling case for reconstructing feminist theory in critical-realist terms and forms a trend-setting text in the area of gender studies

This book shows how Rolex has become the embodiment of individual success since the 1960s

‘spin doctor’

argues that the British left have been overlooked in studies of anti-fascism

which is expected to affect many hundreds of thousands of adults in the coming years