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Luhmann Observed

Radical Theoretical Encounters

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  1. Anders Cour

    1. Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, UK

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  2. Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos

    1. University of Westminster, UK

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction: Luhmann Encountered

    1. Introduction: Luhmann Encountered

      • Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos, Anders la Cour
      Pages 1-15

  3. Radical Paradoxes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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    2. Contingency, Reciprocity, the Other, and the Other in the Other Luhmann–Lacan, an Encounter

      • Jean Clam
      Pages 19-37

    3. Luhmann’s Ontology

      • William Rasch
      Pages 38-59

    4. The Autopoietic Fold: Critical Autopoiesis between Luhmann and Deleuze

      • Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos
      Pages 60-81

  6. Radical Politics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 225-225
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    2. Luhmann and Derrida: Immunology and Autopoiesis

      • Willis Santiago, Guerra Filho, Pablo Ghetti
      Pages 227-242

    3. In the Multiverse What Is Real? Luhmann, Complexity and ANT

      • Barbara Mauthe, Thomas E. Webb
      Pages 243-262

    4. Luhmann and Marx: Social Theory and Social Freedom

      • Chris Thornhill
      Pages 263-283

  7. Afterword

    1. Afterword

      • Anders la Cour, Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos
      Pages 284-288
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About this book

This book, for the first time, brings Niklas Luhmann's work into dialogue with other theoretical positions, including Lacan, Derrida, Deleuze, gender studies, bioethics, translation, ANT, eco-theories and complexity theory.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, UK

    Anders Cour

  • University of Westminster, UK

    Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos

About the editors

Niels Aakerstroem Andersen, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark Christian Borch, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark Todd Cesaratto, Miami University of Ohio, USA Jean Clam, Centre National de la Recherché Scientifique, France Elena Esposito, University of Modena-Reggio Emilia, Italy Willis Santiago Guerra Filho, Federal University of the State Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Holger Højlund, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark Barbara Mauthe, Lancaster University, UK Sharon Persaud, Court of Appeal, Criminal Division, London, UK William Rasch, Indiana University, USA Chris Thornhill, Glasgow University, UK Thomas Webb, Lancaster University, UK Christine Weinbach, University of Potsdam, Germany

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