This is the definitive analysis of art as a social and perceptual system by Germany's leading social theorist of the late twentieth century. It not only represents an important intellectual step in di
In this book, which was originally published in German in 1995 by Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Maim, the eminent social theorist Luhmann (deceased, U. of Bielefeld, Germany) continues his lifelong wo
