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020			_a9781403998019
082			_a320.011 KIN
100			_aKing, Michael.
245		0	_aNiklas Luhmann's theory of politics and law / _cby Michael King and Chris Thornhill
260			_aNew York
260			_bPalgrave Macmillan
260			_c2005
300			_a266 p.
365			_dPND
520			_a Niklas Luhmann is rapidly becoming recognized as one of the most original and controversial intellectual figures of the 20th Century. King and Thornhill offer the first comprehensive account of his social theory as it relates to law and politics. they explain his complex ideas, placing them in broad cross-disciplinary debates. Luhmann's theory, they contend, stands in direct opposition to the 'anthropocentric', humanist and liberal traditions that have dominated modern legal and political thought. As such it opens up the possibility of a new paradigm - one where the certainties, ambitions, and rational foundations of the Enlightenment are continually subjected to critical observation. King and Thornhill also answer those critics who reject Luhmann out of hand as an ultra-conservative, arguing that his conservatism should be seen as a challenge to prevailing 'idealisms', and as a catalyst for a radical rethink of the role of theory in the social sciences.
650			_aLuhmann Niklas-Contributions in political science
700			_aThornhill, Chris.
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