This special journal issue is dedicated to Niklas Luhmann, said to be the most important sociologist of the 20th century. Luhmann first made his claim as a sociologist in The Theory of Society or Social Technology (1971) in which he critiqued Jurgen Habermas. Honored in the Hegelian Society, Luhmann covered many of Hegel's themes, eg, religion, science, education, etc, but did not embrace Hegel's dialectic synthesis of the world & the spirit of time. Luhmann focused especially on economics, politics, & the communications media. M. Pflum
Examines scope and arrangement pattern of federal government publications issued by the Army, Navy, and Air Force, 1947-49; lists over 100 series and introduces search methodologies for locating specific publications; US.
A review essay on books by (1) Max Weber, Briefe 1911-1912 ([Correspondence 1911-1912] Lepsius, M. Rainer, & Mommsen, Wolfgang J. (Eds), with Rudhard, Birgit, & Schoen, Manfred, in Max Weber Gesamtausgabe [Max Weber Complete Works], Tuebingen: J. C. B. Mohr, 1998); & (2) Wolfgang Schwentker, Max Weber in Japan. Eine Untersuchung zur Wirkungsgeschichte 1905-1995 (Tuebingen: Mohr Siebeck, 1998). These texts offer additional insight into the critical reception of Max Weber's writings. Max Weber's 1911/12 correspondence provides insight into problems he encountered while planning the Outline of Social Economics. Although the text delineates Weber's legal & professional problems as the products of his own doing, Weber's determination to combat feudalism, the state's authoritarian tactics, & media representations of his character is admired. Schwentker's text is praised for providing a historical overview of the reception of Marxist writings & the works of other German scholars in Japan during the 19th & early 20th centuries & for organizing all Japanese translations of Weber's writings. However, Schwentker's assertion that Japanese Weber translations continued during WWII is challenged. Also discussed are the achievements of Wolfgang Schluchter's edition of Max Weber Gesamtausgabe. J. W. Parker