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The legacy of Niklas Luhmann

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Suggested further readings

  • Luhmann, NiklasObservations on Modernity. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1998.

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  • Luhmann, NiklasSocial Systems. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1995.

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  • Luhmann, NiklasRisk: A Sociological Theory. New York: Aldine de Gruyter, 1993.

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  • Luhmann, NiklasEssays on Self Reference. New York: Columbia University Press, 1990.

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  • Luhmann, NiklasEcological Communication. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1989.

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  1. Gotthard Bechmann
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Gotthard Bechmann is senior research associate in the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis in the Karlsruhe Research Center, Germany. Among his recent publications areRisiko und Gesellschaft andInterdisziplinäre Risikoforschung (with Gerhard Banse). Nico Stehr is professor emeritus of sociology, University of Alberta, Canada and a fellow in the Center for Advanced Cultural Studies in Essen, Germany. Among his recent book publications areThe Fragility of Modern Societies: Knowledge and Risk in the Information Age andKnowledge and Economic Conduct: The Social Foundations of the Modern Economy.

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Bechmann, G., Stehr, N. The legacy of Niklas Luhmann. Soc 39, 67–75 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02717531

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