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Trust and Power

Paperback • 2017 • 1. edition

Trust and Power

By Niklas Luhmann

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About the book

In this important book, Niklas Luhmann uses his powers as an analyst of the social system to examine two of the most important concepts which hold that system together and allow it to evolve: trust and power. He criticises those theoretical accounts whose roots lie in what he refers to as ideologies - accounts which use implicit beliefs in particular conceptions of human nature to explain and predict social action in a one-dimensional way. Theories of rational choice and moralistic explanations ...Show more

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9781509519453

Publisher

Polity Press

Published year

2017

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1

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Trust and Power

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Paperback

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