Theories of distinction : redescribing the descriptions of modernity /
Luhmann, Niklas, 1927-1998
Theories of distinction : redescribing the descriptions of modernity / Niklas Luhmann ; edited and introduced by William Rasch ; translations by Joseph O'Neil ... [et al.]. - x, 226 pages ; 24 cm - Cultural memory in the present . - Cultural memory in the present. .
Introduction: The Self-Positing Society / William Rasch -- Husserl, Science, Modernity -- The Modern Sciences and Phenomenology -- The Modernity of Science -- Paradox and Observation -- The Paradox of Observing Systems -- Deconstruction as Second-Order Observing -- Identity--What or How? -- The Cognitive Program of Constructivism and the Reality That Remains Unknown -- Communication -- What Is Communication? -- How Can the Mind Participate in Communication? -- Coda: "Not in Frankfurt" -- I See Something You Don't See.
0804741220 (alk. paper) 9780804741224 (alk. paper) 0804741239 (pbk.) 9780804741231 (pbk.)
2001049220
Sociology--Philosophy
Social sciences--Philosophy
Participant observation--Philosophy
Knowledge, Sociology of
HM585 / .L84 2002
Theories of distinction : redescribing the descriptions of modernity / Niklas Luhmann ; edited and introduced by William Rasch ; translations by Joseph O'Neil ... [et al.]. - x, 226 pages ; 24 cm - Cultural memory in the present . - Cultural memory in the present. .
Introduction: The Self-Positing Society / William Rasch -- Husserl, Science, Modernity -- The Modern Sciences and Phenomenology -- The Modernity of Science -- Paradox and Observation -- The Paradox of Observing Systems -- Deconstruction as Second-Order Observing -- Identity--What or How? -- The Cognitive Program of Constructivism and the Reality That Remains Unknown -- Communication -- What Is Communication? -- How Can the Mind Participate in Communication? -- Coda: "Not in Frankfurt" -- I See Something You Don't See.
0804741220 (alk. paper) 9780804741224 (alk. paper) 0804741239 (pbk.) 9780804741231 (pbk.)
2001049220
Sociology--Philosophy
Social sciences--Philosophy
Participant observation--Philosophy
Knowledge, Sociology of
HM585 / .L84 2002
