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Organization and Decision by Niklas Luhmann
RRP: £35.00Booksplease Price: £31.82Translated into English for the first time, Luhmann's modern classic, Organization and Decision, explores how organizations work; how they should be designed, steered, and controlled; and how they... -
Organization and Decision by Niklas Luhmann 9781108472074
RRP: £114.00Booksplease Price: £110.45Translated into English for the first time, Luhmann's modern classic, Organization and Decision, explores how organizations work; how they should be designed, steered, and controlled; and how they... -
Niklas Luhmann by Christian Borch 9780415490948
RRP: £48.99Booksplease Price: £44.37Niklas Luhmann offers an accessible introduction to one of the most important sociologists of our time. It presents the key concepts within Luhmann's multifaceted theory of modern society, and... -
Social Systems by Niklas Luhmann 9780804726252
RRP: £31.00Booksplease Price: £26.91A major challenge confronting contemporary theory is to overcome its fixation on written narratives and the culture of print. In this presentation of a general theory of systems, Germany's most... -
The New Boss by Niklas Luhmann 9781509517879
RRP: £35.00Booksplease Price: £32.05Any organization, no matter how stolid, may be unsettled by the news that a new boss is about to take over. Talk in the hallways increases, staff worry about their jobs, uncertainty grows. Even when... -
A Systems Theory of Religion by Niklas Luhmann
RRP: £20.99Booksplease Price: £18.24A 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 Andre Kieserling. One of Luhmann's... -
Observations on Modernity by Niklas Luhmann 9780804732352
RRP: £26.99Booksplease Price: £23.48This collection of five essays by Germany's most prominent and influential social thinker both links Luhmann's social theory to the question "What is modern about modernity?" and shows the origins... -
Risk: A Sociological Theory by Niklas Luhmann
RRP: £50.99Booksplease Price: £46.08A great deal of attention has been devoted to risk research. Sociologists in general have limited themselves to varying recognitions of a society at risk and have traced out the paths to disaster... -
Love: A Sketch by Niklas Luhmann 9780745647500
RRP: £40.00Booksplease Price: £36.30Love seems like the most personal experience, one that touches each of us in a unique way that is more personal than social, and hence it is not surprising that it has been largely neglected by... -
Love: A Sketch by Niklas Luhmann 9780745647517
Booksplease Price: £16.21Love seems like the most personal experience, one that touches each of us in a unique way that is more personal than social, and hence it is not surprising that it has been largely neglected by... -
The Reality of the Mass Media by Niklas Luhmann 9780804740777
Booksplease Price: £18.73In The Reality of the Mass Media, Luhmann extends his theory of social systems-applied in his earlier works to the economy, the political system, art, religion, the sciences, and law-to an... -
Law as a Social System by Niklas Luhmann 9780199546121
RRP: £67.00Booksplease Price: £45.60Modern systems theory provides a new method for the analysis of society through an examination of the structures of its communications. In this volume, Niklas Luhmann, the theory's leading exponent,... -
Theory of Society, Volume 2 by Niklas Luhmann
RRP: £104.00Booksplease Price: £83.95This second volume of Niklas Luhmann's two-part final work was first published in German in 1997. The culmination of his thirty-year theoretical project to reconceptualize sociology, it offers a... -
Theory of Society, Volume 1 by Niklas Luhmann
RRP: £23.99Booksplease Price: £21.44This first volume of Niklas Luhmann's two-part final work was initially published in German in 1997. The culmination of his thirty-year theoretical project to reconceptualize sociology, it offers a... -
The Reality of the Mass Media by Niklas Luhmann 9780745621326
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £15.34In The Reality of the Mass Media Luhmann extends his theory of social systems - applied in his earlier works to the economy, the political system, art, religion, the sciences and law - to an... -
Introduction to Systems Theory by Niklas Luhmann 9780745645728
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £17.38Niklas Luhmann ranks as one of the most important sociologists and social theorists of the twentieth century. Through his many books he developed a highly original form of systems theory that has... -
Art as a Social System by Niklas Luhmann 9780804739078
RRP: £28.99Booksplease Price: £25.34This is the definitive analysis of art as a social and perceptual system by Germany's leading social theorist of the late twentieth century. It not only represents an important intellectual step in... -
Introduction to Systems Theory by Niklas Luhmann 9780745645711
Booksplease Price: £61.35Niklas Luhmann ranks as one of the most important sociologists and social theorists of the twentieth century. Through his many books he developed a highly original form of systems theory that has... -
A Sociological Theory of Law Niklas Luhmann 9781138644489
RRP: £58.99Booksplease Price: £52.44Niklas Luhmann is recognised as a major social theorist, and his treatise on the sociology of law is a classic text. For Luhmann, law provides the framework of the state, lawyers are the main human... -
Art as a Social System by Niklas Luhmann 9780804739061
RRP: £120.00Booksplease Price: £96.45This is the definitive analysis of art as a social and perceptual system by Germany's leading social theorist of the late twentieth century. It not only represents an important intellectual step in... -
A Systems Theory of Religion by Niklas Luhmann 9780804743280
RRP: £88.00Booksplease Price: £70.50A 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 Andre Kieserling. One of Luhmann's... -
Risk: A Sociological Theory by Niklas Luhmann 9783110129410
RRP: £100.00Booksplease Price: £68.54n.a.Book InformationISBN 9783110129410Author Niklas LuhmannFormat HardbackPage Count 249Imprint De GruyterPublisher De GruyterWeight(grams) 577g -
Love as Passion: The Codification of Intimacy by Niklas Luhmann 9780804732536
RRP: £22.99Booksplease Price: £20.36"I believe that Luhmann is the only true genius in the social sciences alive today. By this, I mean that not only is he smart, extremely productive, and amazingly erudite, though all this is true... -
The Anthem Companion to Niklas Luhmann by Ralf Rogowski 9781839984884
RRP: £120.00Booksplease Price: £116.34The Companion contains twelve chapters written by proven experts on Luhmann's social systems theory. Among the contributions are overviews of the development of Luhmann's thinking, introductions to... -
Niklas Luhmann's Theory of Politics and Law by Michael King 9780333993101
Booksplease Price: £90.56Niklas Luhmann's social theory stands in direct opposition to the dominant 'anthropocentric' traditions of legal and political analysis. King and Thornhill now offer the first comprehensive, critical... -
Theories of Distinction: Redescribing the Descriptions of Modernity by Niklas Luhmann
RRP: £96.00Booksplease Price: £52.20The essays in this volume by Germany's leading social theorist of the late twentieth century formulate what he considered to be the preconditions for an adequate theory of modern society. The first... -
Theory of Society, Volume 2 by Niklas Luhmann 9780804771603
RRP: £23.99Booksplease Price: £21.44This second volume of Niklas Luhmann's two-part final work was first published in German in 1997. The culmination of his thirty-year theoretical project to reconceptualize sociology, it offers a... -
Theory of Society, Volume 1 by Niklas Luhmann 9780804739498
RRP: £104.00Booksplease Price: £83.95This first volume of Niklas Luhmann's two-part final work was initially published in German in 1997. The culmination of his thirty-year theoretical project to reconceptualize sociology, it offers a... -
Political Theory in the Welfare State by Niklas Luhmann 9783110119329
RRP: £100.00Booksplease Price: £68.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783110119329Author Niklas LuhmannFormat HardbackPage Count 239Imprint De GruyterPublisher De... -
Niklas Luhmann's Theory of Politics and Law by Chris Thornhill 9781403998019
Booksplease Price: £90.56Niklas Luhmann's social theory stands in direct opposition to the dominant 'anthropocentric' traditions of legal and political analysis. King and Thornhill now offer the first comprehensive, critical... -
Theories of Distinction: Redescribing the Descriptions of Modernity by Niklas Luhmann 9780804741231
RRP: £22.99Booksplease Price: £20.36The essays in this volume by Germany's leading social theorist of the late twentieth century formulate what he considered to be the preconditions for an adequate theory of modern society. The first... -
Niklas Luhmann: Education as a Social System by Claudio Baraldi 9783319499734
RRP: £64.99Booksplease Price: £30.54This book provides an insight into the ideas of one of the world's greatest sociologists: Niklas Luhmann. It explains, in clear and concise language, the basic concepts of Social Systems Theory and... -
Trust and Power Niklas Luhmann (Formerly at the University of Bielefeld, Germany) 9781509519453
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £17.38In this important book, Niklas Luhmann uses his powers as an analyst of the social system to examine two of the most important concepts which hold that system together and allow it to evolve: trust... -
The Theory of Social Functional Systems by Niklas Luhmann by Ramona Mayer 9783656967538
RRP: £25.50Booksplease Price: £20.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783656967538Author Ramona MayerFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Grin PublishingPublisher Grin... -
Niklas Luhmann: Law, Justice, Society Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos 9780415685283
RRP: £58.99Booksplease Price: £52.94Niklas Luhmann: Law, Justice, Society presents the work of sociologist Niklas Luhmann in a radical new light. Luhmann's theory is here introduced both in terms of society at large and the legal... -
Niklas Luhmann's Modernity: The Paradoxes of Differentiation by William W. Rasch 9780804739924
RRP: £28.99Booksplease Price: £25.04This book is an introduction to the nature of modernity as envisioned by Germany's leading social theorist of the late twentieth century, Niklas Luhmann. For Luhmann, modernity is neither an... -
The New Boss Niklas Luhmann (Formerly at the University of Bielefeld, Germany) 9781509517886
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £9.62Any organization, no matter how stolid, may be unsettled by the news that a new boss is about to take over. Talk in the hallways increases, staff worry about their jobs, uncertainty grows. Even when... -
Observing International Relations: Niklas Luhmann and World Politics by Mathias Albert 9781138874442
RRP: £52.99Booksplease Price: £47.34Observing International Relations draws upon the modern systems theory of society, developed by Niklas Luhmann, to provide new perspectives on central aspects of contemporary world society and to... -
Love as Passion: The Codification of Intimacy Niklas Luhmann (Formerly at the University of Bielefeld, Germany) 9780745600789
Booksplease Price: £19.71In this important book Niklas Luhmann - one of the leading social thinkers of the late 20th century - analyses the emergence of 'love' as the basis of personal relationships in modern societies. He... -
The Circulation of European Knowledge: Niklas Luhmann in the Hispanic Americas by Leandro Rodriguez Medina 9781137430021
Booksplease Price: £46.28This book studies the circulation of social knowledge by focusing on the reception of Niklas Luhmann's systems theory in Hispanic America. It shows that theories need active involvement from scholars...