Symbolically generalized communication medium

Architecture of Modernity Introduction to Sociology

In Luhmann's theory, mechanisms (money, power, truth, love) that make improbable communication probable by generalizing the conditions of its acceptance across unlimited participants.

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Unit 05: money as communication medium

Architecture of Modernity

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