商品簡介
In this book, which was originally published in German in 1995 by Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Maim, the eminent social theorist Luhmann (deceased, U. of Bielefeld, Germany) continues his lifelong work to formulate theories of overarching systems within all parts of society. He draws on three decades of research in the social sciences, phenomenology, evolutionary biology, cybernetics, and information theory, and combines it with intimate knowledge of art history, literature, aesthetics, and contemporary literary theory. The book also engages virtually every major theorist of art and aesthetics from Baumgarten to Derrida. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Niklas Luhmann was Professor of Sociology at the University of Bielefeld. Among his books translated into English are Social Systems (Stanford, 1995), Observations on Modernity (Stanford, 1998), and Love as Passion: The Codification of In
