There have been three great eras of social reform/protest in the United States—the 1830s (temperance movement, abolitionism, 1st wave feminist … More
Tag: morality
Positive & Negative Societal Integration
In A Systems Theory of Religion, Luhmann argues that inclusion rules are now delegated to function systems. For instance, the … More
Counterfactual values and expectations
When talking about culture and cultural differences, we typically think in terms of values and beliefs. One culture tends to … More
Theodicy and Morality
In A Systems Theory of Religion, Luhmann addresses the question of why God has created or permitted the difference between … More
Religion as a social system
As Luhmann argues in Theory of Society, volume 1 and elsewhere, religion always posits some mystery or secret, and occult societies … More
Morality and Ethics
I am still thinking about the place of morality in social systems theory. I am interested in how the concept … More
Co-evolution of social classes in Renaissance Florence
I am interested in looking more closely at what Luhmann says about society organized by stratification. We can take Florence … More
The Antifascist Movement from a systems theory perspective
This post is related to a previous post of Charlottesville and morality. There is an interesting article in The Atlantic … More
