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BL
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954827
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b709197
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| Main Entry
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Luhmann, Niklas,1927-1998.
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| Title & Author
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Theories of distinction : : redescribing the descriptions of modernity /\ Niklas Luhmann ; edited and introduced by William Rasch ; translations by Joseph O'Neil [and others].
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| Publication Statement
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Stanford, Calif. :: Stanford University Press,, 2002.
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| Series Statement
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Cultural memory in the present
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| Page. NO
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x, 226 pages ;; 24 cm.
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| ISBN
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0804741220
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: 0804741239
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: 9780804741224
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: 9780804741231
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-223) and index.
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| Abstract
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Publisher description: The essays in this volume formulate what is considered to be the preconditions for an adequate theory of modern society. The first two essays deal with the modern European philosophical and scientific tradition. The next four essays concern the notion of observation as defined by Luhmann. They examine the history of paradox as a logical problem and as a historically conditioned feature of rhetoric; deconstruct the thinking of Jacques Derrida; discuss the usefulness of Spencer Brown's Laws of Form; and assess the consequences of observation and paradox for epistemology. The following essays present Luhmann's theory of communication and his articulation of the difference between thought and communication, a difference that makes clear one of Luhmann's most radical and controversial theses, that the individual not only does not form the basic element of society but is excluded from it altogether, situated instead in the environment of the social system.
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Knowledge, Sociology of.
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Participant observation-- Philosophy.
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Social sciences-- Philosophy.
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Sociology-- Philosophy.
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Observation participante-- Philosophie.
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Sciences sociales-- Philosophie.
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Sociologie de la connaissance.
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Sociologie-- Philosophie.
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Ciências sociais.
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Knowledge, Sociology of.
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Modernité.
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Participant observation-- Philosophy.
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Pesquisa participante.
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Postmodernisme-- Aspect social.
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Social sciences-- Philosophy-- History-- 20th century.
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Social sciences-- Philosophy.
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Social sciences-- Philosophy.
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Sociologia (filosofia)
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Sociologia do conhecimento.
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Sociologie-- Philosophie.
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Sociology-- Philosophy.
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Sociology-- Philosophy.
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| Dewey Classification
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301/.01
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| LC Classification
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HM585.L84 2002
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301.01
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85.10bcl
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| Added Entry
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Rasch, William,1949-
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