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SUMMARY:Niklas Luhmann Reading Group: Session 4 - Professor Steffen Roth (
 Excelia Business School La Rochelle and Wolfson College\, University of Ca
 mbridge) and Associate Professor Steve Watson (Faculty of Education and Wo
 lfson College\, University of Cambridge)
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CONTACT:Professor Steffen Roth
DESCRIPTION:Society is often imagined as a collective of acting and intera
 cting individuals. Social order\, in this view\, emerges from the coordina
 ted actions of human beings. Niklas Luhmann's social systems theory invert
 s this intuition. In his framework\, society is the encompassing system of
  communication—and nothing but communication. Persons\, accordingly\, ar
 e not the source but the products of communication\, while action is the a
 ttribution of communication to these very products of communication.\n\nIn
 troductory talks by Associate Professor Steve Watson (Faculty of Education
  and Wolfson College\, University of Cambridge) and Professor Steffen Roth
  (Excelia Business School La Rochelle and Wolfson College\, University of 
 Cambridge)\, followed by intensive discussions\, will illuminate this high
 ly cryptic\, counterintuitive\, and instructive view of the social world.\
 n\nThrough our reading group\, we aim to deepen our understanding of Luhma
 nn's ideas and explore their relevance to contemporary social issues. Whet
 her you are already familiar with Luhmann's work or simply curious to lear
 n more\, we warmly invite you to join us.\n\nRecommended background readin
 g: Luhmann\, N. (1995). Social Systems. Stanford University Press. (Chapte
 r: Communication and Action\, pp. 137-175).
LOCATION:University of Cambridge\, Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Rd\, C
 ambridge CB2 8PQ\, United Kingdom (room GS1 in the Donald MacIntyre buildi
 ng)
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