June 12, 2016 I like reading and listening to David Brooks. I don’t agree with everything he says, but at least he has common sense
Author: clclark563
I am a lecturer in the English department at the University of Wisconsin--La Crosse. My PhD is in rhetoric; however, for the last few years, my primary research interest has been social systems theory.
The Mediatized Co-Mediatizer, or Homo medialis
In “The Mediatized Co-Mediatizer: Anthropology in Niklas Luhmann’s World,” published in Zygon: Journal or Religion and Science (2012), Young Bin Moon proposes to rename everything in terms
Moeller’s “Luhmann Explained”
I’m enjoying reading Hans-Georg Moeller’s Luhmann Explained, just as a I enjoyed The Radical Luhmann. I appreciate the clarity of the prose and all the
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This is a post from a South Korean blog that discusses systems theory. This post deals with stability, flexibility, and internal complexity with reference to South
You say you want a revolution?
A limited revolution might be triggered in one system, but this might leave the other systems untouched or only slightly irritated. Those slightly irritated systems will then most likely adjust and carry on their operations. A political revolution might not significantly disturb the economic system, or vice versa.
Trump and the Denial of Complexity
At its core, the Trump campaign and similar brands of reactionary, neo-nationalist politics around the world are all about the denial of complexity. Trump and his followers
