Šubrt, Jiří. The Systemic Approach in Sociology and Niklas Luhmann: Expectations, Discu ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** Šubrt, Jiří. The Systemic Approach in Sociology and Niklas Luhmann: Expectations, Discussi Emerald Publishing Limited, 2020 INFO U VYDAVATELE [ URL "https://books.emeraldinsight.com/page/detail/The-Systemic-Approac and-Niklas-Luhmann/?k=9781839090325"] This book is a comprehensive overview of the theoretical discussion of one of most importa in sociology at the end of 20th century - the theory of social systems. The spotlight of t falls on the work of Niklas Luhmann and his holistic approach. Current modern society is, a functionally differentiated society, which means that a number of specialized societal s (politics, economics, religion, law, science, art etc) have formed.  Each system is based of communication led by its own generalized communicative media. Luhmann controversially d society as a plurality of many societal subsystems operating without a top and without a c managing centre. This book weighs the strong and weak features of the systemic approach in discusses ways to rethink it.