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Niklas Luhmann’s Theory of Politics and Law

By Michael King , Chris Thornhill (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year
2003
ISBN
978-1-4039-9801-9, 978-0-230-50358-8
DOI
10.1007/978-0-230-50358-8
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
874 kB (894614 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
288\273
Time added
2016-03-14 21:35:01
Social Theory; Political Theory; Political Philoso

Description

Niklas 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 examination of Luhmann's highly original theory of the operations of the legal and political systems. They describe how from the perspective of his 'sociological enlightenment' Luhmann continually calls to account the certainties, the ambitions and rational foundations of The Enlightenment and the idealized versions of law and politics which they have produced.

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