Thema: Theorie der Gesellschaft; Laufzeit: 30 Jahre; Kosten: keine« – so lautet die berühmte Antwort, die Niklas Luhmann Ende der 1960er Jahre auf die Frage nach seinem Forschungsprojekt gab. Der Zeitplan wurde eingehalten: 1997 erschien Die Gesellschaft der Gesellschaft, Luhmanns Opus magnum...

This book deals with the neglected links in economics and society. These neglected links are the inner bonds and lines which keep the society and economy together and are almost interconnected although they are very often treated and discussed separately in different discourses. Contemporary...

This collection of high quality, largely previously published essays, analyses a range of controversies in the field of the sociology of culture and consumption. Campbell made a major contribution to the development of this field and he has a clear and coherent theoretical position which he...