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Pytanie w kwestii aktualności politycznej teorii Niklasa Luhmanna
The Question on the Topicality of Niklas Luhmann's Political Theory

Author(s): Grażyna Skąpska
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Uniwersytet Ignatianum w Krakowie
Keywords: social security state; political inclusion; economic system

Summary/Abstract: After almost thirty years when the Niklas Luhmann’s book on political theory of social security state was published a question emerges on the topicality of this author’s political theory. It is, in particular, a question on the theory of political inclusion. According to a hypothesis, debated in this paper, Niklas Luhmann’s political theory looses its immediate interest in the contemporary world, or at least, its explanatory potential is seriously limited. The system, whose consequences became ever more important for ever broader social areas, has become an economic system. This hypothesis is debated with regard to law, health care and science.

  • Issue Year: 5/2014
  • Issue No: 12
  • Page Range: 31-42
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish