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Postmodern tendencies in the sociology of Luhmann

The self-thematization of modernity

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Hayim, G.J. Postmodern tendencies in the sociology of Luhmann. Hum Stud 17, 307–324 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01322972

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