A systems theory of religion

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...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Luhmann, Niklas, 1927-1998 (-)
Otros Autores: Kieserling, André
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press [2013]
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Cultural memory in the present.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b35608092*spi
Descripción
Sumario: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.
Notas:"Originally published in German under the title Die Religion der Gesellschaft."
Descripción Física:303 p.
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
Bibliografía:Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice.
ISBN:9780804787932