At the risk of coming off as a dogmatic disciple who rushes to the defense any time someone dares to criticizes his “master,” I wanted
The Revolution Will Not Be Sublime
Originally posted on The Practical Theorist:
I am convinced that socialist revolution, if and when we achieve it, will take the form of a practical discovery. Specifically, I…
Ontology
The distinction between being and nonbeing is now replaced as primary distinction, completely implausible from an ontological point of view, by the distinction between inside
Structural Coupling
Luhmann borrowed the structurally coupling concept from Humberto Maturana. As Luhmann writes, Maturana introduced the concept of structural coupling. The distinction [between this concept and autopoiesis]
Political Legitimacy
The political scientist Chris Thornhill (2008), drawing on Luhmann’s work, argues that modern states gained legitimacy by limiting their own reach to what they could
Autopoietic Political Parties
From a systems theoretical view, it’s interesting what has happened to the Republican Party recently. Political parties are autopoietic systems; like all autopoietic systems, they
