Luhmann, Niklas,  1927-1998 <br/><br/>
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. .
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<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0804741220 (alk. paper) 9780804741224 (alk. paper) 0804741239 (pbk.) 9780804741231 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2001049220 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sociology--Philosophy<br/>Social sciences--Philosophy<br/>Participant observation--Philosophy<br/>Knowledge, Sociology of
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HM585  / .L84 2002