Unlocking Luhmann; Luhmann in Glossario. I concetti fondamentali della teoria A Keyword Introduction to Systems Theory

• Main Author: Baraldi, Claudio (auth)
• Other Authors: Corsi, Giancarlo (auth), Esposito, Elena (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English; Italian
• Published: Bielefeld University Press 2021
• Subjects: Social theory; Sociological Theory; Systems Theory; Theory of Society; Complexity; Communication Theory; Society; Social Relations; Bielefeld University Press
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Luhmann's theory is fascinating and complex. It offers incomparably enlightening insights, references and research opportunities, but reveals its utility only after a quite high competence threshold. Using the reticular form of the glossary, this book makes the theory accessible while maintaining its complexity. Without being obstructed by knowledge gaps or by references to concepts presented elsewhere, readers inside and outside sociology get the required support to explore sociological systems theory and to engage with it. Luhmann himself, in his introduction, praises the form of the glossary to cope with the challenges of the theoretical description of our highly complex society.