by William Rasch

Lucius & Lucius

Soziale Systeme 14 (2008), Heft 1, S. 3-17 © Lucius & Lucius, Stuttgart William Rasch Introduction: The Form of the Problem Abstract: In asking the question about indispensable norms, Luhmann does not look to give a normative answer, but rather explores what he sees as the »form of the prob- lem.« This introduction places Luhmann’s discussion of undecidability and the aporias of communication media of the various function systems within the larger »form of the problem« of modernity as Luhmann sees it, in particular the dissociation of reason and moral order. This introduction then uses this larger picture to examine the arguments of the various contributors to the volume. I The aim of this issue of Soziale Systeme is, yet again, to encourage the Anglo- phone world to engage with Niklas Luhmann’s brand of systems theory. As in so many other ways, the United States remains obdurate, but interest in

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