A debate unlike any other. Introduction ; Context : the German Federal Republic in 1970 -- Meaning, language and communication. How a debate takes off ; Intersubjectivity and lifeworld -- Between history and evolution. History and evolution : seminal exchanges ; Evolution and hi…
Fifty years ago, the two leading German philosophers and sociologists since the Second World War, Jürgen Habermas and Niklas Luhmann, embarked on a sweeping and contentious debate that would continue for decades. Their coauthored 1971 book Theory of Society or Social Technology …
"Fifty years ago, the two leading German philosophers and sociologists since the Second World War, Jürgen Habermas and Niklas Luhmann, embarked on a sweeping and contentious debate that would continue for decades. Their coauthored 1971 book Theory of Society or Social Technology…
"Fifty years ago, the two leading German philosophers and sociologists since the Second World War, Jürgen Habermas and Niklas Luhmann, embarked on a sweeping and contentious debate that would continue for decades. Their coauthored 1971 book Theory of Society or Social Technology…
Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Part I: Sociology of Law and the Intersystemic Openness of Legal Systems -- 1 The Transplanetary Journey of a Legal Sociologist -- 2 The Growth of Legal Transnationalism -- 3 A Comm…
This volume provides an overview of current perspectives on socio-legal studies with particular attention focused on the concept of 'structural coupling'. The first part of the book presents a reconstruction of theoretical tendencies in the field of socio-legal studies, characte…