Cultural differences should not get in the way of communication, which means the creation of social systems. In the chapter … More
Category: Norms and Shared Values
Morality and Social Movements
There have been three great eras of social reform/protest in the United States—the 1830s (temperance movement, abolitionism, 1st wave feminist … More
The blistering demon of normality
Normality is the distinction between normal and deviant (Luhmann, Risk: A Sociological Theory). This distinction serves as an instrument for … More
Trumpism as Protest Movement
It is clear that Donald Trump is not a republican and his followers are not republicans, though many republicans have … More
David Brooks on politics, character, and Trump
June 12, 2016 I like reading and listening to David Brooks. I don’t agree with everything he says, but at … More
Systems Theory and Postmodernism
I’ve been listening to a lecture by Luhmann titled “Systems Theory and Postmodernism.” Early in the lecture, Luhmann mentions a conversation … More
Norms and Shared Values
As for the second epistemological obstacle to an adequate theory of society, we cannot persuasively argue that societies are constituted, … More
