Description: This book offers a complex theory of modern society that simultaneously considers issues of communication, the media, differentiation, and evolution.
Review Quotes: "Luhmann's understanding of society offers critical theology an insightful account of how original sin manifests itself in North Atlantic societies today . . . [I]t is insightful regarding how the particular logics of social systems constrain the views and actions of people involved in them. . . [B]y attending to how social systems function and have become globalized, Luhmann's thoery helps uncover possibilities for collective solidarity."--Don Schweitzer, The Ecumenist