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Kapitalismus und funktionale Differenzierung

Eine kritische Rekonstruktion
Nomos,  2013, 198 Pages

ISBN 978-3-8487-0762-1


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The work is part of the series Studien zur Politischen Soziologie. Studies on Political Sociology (Volume 25)
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englischCan Luhmann be read critically? Can Systems Theory be used as a sort of critical theory of capitalism? This book does not confront Marx with Luhmann, but combines them in order to reconstruct the internal connection between capitalism and the functional differentiation of society. Capitalism signifies thus not the primacy of economic relations, but an institutional arrangement supporting a specific logic of social reproduction. However, the development of this logic is characterized by deep contradictions, which unleash different patterns of accumulation and social conflicts. But this logic produces at the same time its own stability. Therefore, the task of changing society is more difficult than ever. We need a sophisticated conceptualization, to be obtained against dogmatic conceptions of any kind, if we want to understand this complicated dynamic. This book reinterprets key concepts of Systems Theory, loading them with historical content, and rearticulating them within the framework of a theory of capitalism. The result is a renewed critical theory of society.

»Das Buch ermöglicht einen guten ersten Einblick in die Systemtheorie von Niklas Luhmann, da die Grundbegriffe klar erklärt werden. Aber auch für Kenner_innen dieser Gesellschaftstheorie ist es zu empfehlen, da ihre historische Einordnung und Verknüpfung mit dem Kapitalismus neue Aspekte und Forschungsmöglichkeiten eröffnen.«
Vinzent-Vitus Leitgeb, pw-portal.de Juni 2014