Table of Contents

Contents

Introduction: Niklas Luhmann's Sociological Enlightenment and its Realisation in Trust and Power - by Christian Morgner and Michael King

Editors� note on the revised translation

Part 1: Trust

Preface - by the author

1. Defining the Problem: Social Complexity

2. Constancies and Events

3. Familiarity and Trust

4. Trust as a Reduction of Complexity

5. Exceeding Information and Possibilities For Sanctions

6. Personal Trust

7. Communications Media and System Trust

8. The Tactical Conception: Trust as Opportunity and as Constraint

9. Trust in Trust

10. Trust and Distrust

11. Readiness to Trust

12. The Rationality of Trust and Distrust

References

Part 2: Power

Introduction

1. Power as a Communication Medium

2. The Action Framework

3. Code Functions

4. Power and Physical Force

5. Lifeworld and Technique

6. The Generalization of Influence

7. Risks of Power

8. Power�s Relevance to Society

9. Organized Power

References

Relevant Articles by Luhmann in English

About the Author

Niklas Luhmann (1927-1998) was Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Bielefeld University.

Reviews

"A must-read for anyone interested in trust research in German-speaking contexts, Luhmann's ideas around trust as a mechanism of reducing complexity have also been highly influential for scholars..."
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