A Systems Theory of Religion by Niklas Luhmann (English) Hardcover Book

Description: A Systems Theory of Religion by Niklas Luhmann, David Brenner, Adrian Hermann, André Kieserling This posthumous and crucial contribution by one of the latter twentieth-centurys most important sociologists, overturns a half-century of assumptions about the sociology of religion. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A Systems Theory of Religion, still unfinished at Niklas Luhmanns death in 1998, was first published in German two years later thanks to the editorial work of Andre Kieserling. One of Luhmanns 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 explains how religion provides a code for coping with the complexity, opacity, and uncontrollability of our world. Religion functions to make definite the indefinite, to reconcile the immanent and the transcendent.Synthesizing approaches as disparate as the philosophy of language, historical linguistics, deconstruction, and formal systems theory/cybernetics, A Systems Theory of Religion takes on important topics that range from religions meaning and evolution to secularization, turning decades of sociological assumptions on their head. It provides us with a fresh vocabulary and a fresh philosophical and sociological approach to one of societys most fundamental phenomena. Author Biography Niklas Luhmann (1927-1998), Professor of Sociology at the University of Bielefeld, was one of the most eminent social theorists of the last decades of the twentieth century. Stanford University Press has published a number of his books: Social Systems (1995), Observations on Modernity (1998), Love as Passion: The Codification of Intimacy (1998), Art as a Social System (2000), The Reality of the Mass Media (2000), Theories of Distinction: Redescribing the Descriptions of Modernity (2002), and Theory of Society, Volume 1 (2012). Review "This posthumously published book by Niklas Luhmann is arguably one of the most important works in the sociology and philosophy of religion of the last hundred years. It can only be compared in significance and scope to the works of Rudolf Otto, Mary Douglas, Rene Girard, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, and Claude Levi-Strauss. It is not just original, but also generative and indispensable: future discussions will have to refer to it, and it will become de rigueur and uncircumventable." - Eduardo Mendieta, Stony Brook University "Dont be afraid: this book does not preach atheism. This book is not about the existential concerns of one individual. Rather, it approaches religion as a system as vital to society as those of the economy, law, and love. Luhmann shows what makes religion unique to society, its special capacity to guarantee meaning even when meaning defies obvious verification. This book is a further step in Luhmanns general theory of society, a theory that remains unsurpassed as an approach to our times." - Nikolaus Wegmann, Princeton University Long Description A Systems Theory of Religion , still unfinished at Niklas Luhmanns death in 1998, was first published in German two years later thanks to the editorial work of Andr Review Quote "This posthumously published book by Niklas Luhmann is arguably one of the most important works in the sociology and philosophy of religion of the last hundred years. It can only be compared in significance and scope to the works of Rudolf Otto, Mary Douglas, Ren Details ISBN0804743282 Author André Kieserling Short Title SYSTEMS THEORY OF RELIGION Publisher Stanford University Press Language English ISBN-10 0804743282 ISBN-13 9780804743280 Media Book Format Hardcover Translator Adrian Hermann Imprint Stanford University Press Place of Publication Palo Alto Country of Publication United States Residence US Birth 1927 Death 1998 Affiliation Was Professor of Sociology at the University of Bielfeld Pages 320 Illustrations black & white illustrations UK Release Date 2013-01-09 Year 2013 Publication Date 2013-01-09 AU Release Date 2013-01-09 NZ Release Date 2013-01-09 US Release Date 2013-01-09 Series Cultural Memory in the Present Alternative 9780804743297 Edited by André Kieserling DEWEY 200.11 Audience Undergraduate We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159415131;

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