Death from the Perspective of Luhmann’s System Theory

Sariyar, Murat (2022). Death from the Perspective of Luhmann’s System Theory Open Theology, 8(1), pp. 205-220. De Gruyter 10.1515/opth-2022-0196

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The aim of this article is to address the topic of death from a Luhmannian perspective. First, the article will introduce the general theory of Luhmann to provide a background for the way he is tackling sociological and philosophical problems and then will describe its application to religion and deduce various implications for the topic of death. For the discussion of death, we will refer to some of Hegel’s insights, as they motivated central parts of Luhmann’s theory, though he replaced the Hegelian notions with system theoretical ones. Even if it might seem like a further abstraction and mechanization, we assume that it significantly facilitates the combination of outside and inside perspectives on death. In contrast to philosophical existentialism, the system-oriented approach of Luhmann does not emphasize the situated character of human reason and its gaining authenticity by facing death and finitude. Instead, it points to the entanglement of society and consciousness, focusing on the former while providing hints to the otherness of consciousness. Here, authenticity is not achieved by writing about existential topics, but rather through some sort of parallax view.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

School of Engineering and Computer Science > Institut für Medizininformatik I4MI

Name:

Sariyar, Murat

Subjects:

B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General)
B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion
H Social Sciences > HM Sociology

ISSN:

2300-6579

Publisher:

De Gruyter

Language:

English

Submitter:

Murat Sariyar

Date Deposited:

20 Dec 2022 16:01

Last Modified:

20 Dec 2022 16:01

Publisher DOI:

10.1515/opth-2022-0196

ARBOR DOI:

10.24451/arbor.18481

URI:

https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/18481

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