How Long to Read A Systems Theory of Religion

How Long Does it Take to Read A Systems Theory of Religion?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 20 minutes to read A Systems Theory of Religion by Niklas Luhmann

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

A Systems Theory of Religion, still unfinished at Niklas Luhmann's death in 1998, was first published in German two years later thanks to the editorial work of André Kieserling. One of Luhmann's most important projects, it exemplifies his later work while redefining the subject matter of the sociology of religion. Religion, for Luhmann, is one of the many functionally differentiated social systems that make up modern society. All such subsystems consist entirely of communications and all are "autopoietic," which is to say, self-organizing and self-generating. Here, Luhmann explains how religion provides a code for coping with the complexity, opacity, and uncontrollability of our world. Religion functions to make definite the indefinite, to reconcile the immanent and the transcendent. Synthesizing approaches as disparate as the philosophy of language, historical linguistics, deconstruction, and formal systems theory/cybernetics, A Systems Theory of Religion takes on important topics that range from religion's meaning and evolution to secularization, turning decades of sociological assumptions on their head. It provides us with a fresh vocabulary and a fresh philosophical and sociological approach to one of society's most fundamental phenomena.

How long is A Systems Theory of Religion?

A Systems Theory of Religion by Niklas Luhmann is 320 pages long, and a total of 80,000 words.

This makes it 108% the length of the average book. It also has 98% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read A Systems Theory of Religion Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 17 minutes to read A Systems Theory of Religion aloud.

What Reading Level is A Systems Theory of Religion?

A Systems Theory of Religion is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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