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Morgner, C., Morikawa, T. Meaning-Making and Sociocultural Change from the Perspective of Niklas Luhmann’s Sociological Theory: A Case Study of the Semantics of Love in Japan. Sociologia Internationalis, 58(2), 233-254. https://doi.org/10.3790/sint.2024.358912
Morgner, Christian and Morikawa, Takemitsu "Meaning-Making and Sociocultural Change from the Perspective of Niklas Luhmann’s Sociological Theory: A Case Study of the Semantics of Love in Japan" Sociologia Internationalis 58.2, 2020, 233-254. https://doi.org/10.3790/sint.2024.358912
Morgner, Christian/Morikawa, Takemitsu (2020): Meaning-Making and Sociocultural Change from the Perspective of Niklas Luhmann’s Sociological Theory: A Case Study of the Semantics of Love in Japan, in: Sociologia Internationalis, vol. 58, iss. 2, 233-254, [online] https://doi.org/10.3790/sint.2024.358912
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Meaning-Making and Sociocultural Change from the Perspective of Niklas Luhmann’s Sociological Theory: A Case Study of the Semantics of Love in Japan

Morgner, Christian | Morikawa, Takemitsu

Sociologia Internationalis, Vol. 58 (2020), Iss. 2 : pp. 233–254

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Dr. Christian Morgner, Sheffield University, Management School Conduit Road S10 1FL Sheffield, United Kingdom

Prof. Dr. Takemitsu Morikawa, Keio University, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Letters 2 – 15 –45 Mita J-108 –8345 Tokyo, Japan

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Abstract

Der Artikel entwirft einen Ansatz zur Sinngenese und zum soziokulturellen Wandel, basier‍end auf den Arbeiten Niklas Luhmanns. Obwohl die Kultursoziologie der Sinngenese eine zentrale Rolle beimisst, hat sie sich bisher kaum mit der Frage des langfristigen historischen Wandels auseinandergesetzt, wie er ursprünglich von Max Weber vorgeschlagen wurde. Eine Reihe neuerer Veröffentlichungen kritisiert diese Lücke hinsichtlich eines theoretischen Rahmens. Die vorliegende Studie adressiert dieses Defizit, indem sie ein oft übersehenes Element im Werk Niklas Luhmanns untersucht: seine Schriften zu Sinn und Kultur. Eine detaillierte Analyse von Luhmanns Konzept der Sinnstiftung innerhalb seiner Wissens- und Kultursoziologie umfasst eine theoretische Aufarbeitung seiner Überlegungen und deren Anwendung auf die Semantik der Liebe in Japan. Die theoretischen und empirischen Erörterungen leisten einen Beitrag zur weiterführenden Debatte über den langfristigen soziokulturellen Wandel als Forschungsfeld der Kultursoziologie.

Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Christian Morgner and Takemitsu Morikawa: Meaning-Making and Sociocultural Change from the Perspective of Niklas Luhmann’s Sociological Theory: A Case Study of the Semantics of Love in Japan 233
I. Recent Developments in Cultural Sociology Research on Meaning-Making and Sociocultural Change 233
II. Luhmann’s Approach to Meaning-Making and Sociocultural Change 234
III. The Concept of Meaning 237
1. The Typification of Meaning: Semantics 238
2. The Differentiation of Meaning 239
IV. Analysing and Interpreting Meaning: The Semantics of Love in Japan 241
V. Changes in Japan’s Social Structure, Communication Media and Love Semantics During the Tokugawa Period 242
1. Japan’s Changing Social Structure and the Semantics of Contingency During the Tokugawa Shogunate 242
2. New Forms of Meaning-Making and Communication Media 244
3. Meaning-Making and the Semantics of Love in the Genroku Era 245
4. Meaning-Making and the Semantics of Love in the Kasei Era 247
VI. Summary 249
References 250

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