Limits of steering
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Steering, or the capability to influence the future, is a powerful part of human desire, but its limits must be analyzed. The purpose of steering is to reduce the difference, but this is often confused with the logical impossibility of replacement. For example, no policy can renew the economy or any part of the economy because this requires money, which is the economy. The limits of steering cannot be solved by dialectical synthesis, but efforts to describe those limits is a significant element in modern society.
Publication Name: Theory, Culture & Society
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0263-2764
Year: 1997
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On Sacks on Weber on ancient Judaism: introductory notes and interpretive resources
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Issues concerning the theoretical methodology of sociologists are discussed. Topics include the influence of Harvey Sack's interpretation of Webers article "Ancient Judaism," the implications of descriptive and reconstructed research, and the deconstruction of commonsense knowledge of social structures.
Publication Name: Theory, Culture & Society
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0263-2764
Year: 1999
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Notes on the project 'Poetry and Social Theory'
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A translation of notes from German sociologist Niklas Luhmann on social systems, communication, and poetry is presented. Luhmann discusses the paradox of linguistic communication and the incommunicable.
Publication Name: Theory, Culture & Society
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0263-2764
Year: 2001
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