Towards Observation of a Next Society: An Interview with Dirk Baecker

Authors

  • Felipe Pérez-Solari Universidad de Concepción
  • Julio Labraña Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María

Abstract

Dirk Baecker has been recognized as one of the most prominent German sociologists with important works on cultural theory, sociological theory, economic sociology and organizational sociology, among others. The following unreleased interview covers various subjects of interest of the German sociologist, as social systems theory, new developments in sociological theory, world society and their important work on what he has called: the ‘next society'.

Keywords:

Next Society, Social Systems Theory, Networks Theory, Contemporary Sociological Theory, World Society

Author Biographies

Felipe Pérez-Solari, Universidad de Concepción

Departamento de Historia, Universidad de Concepción, Chile

 

Julio Labraña, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María

Departamento de Proyectos, Universidad Santa Federico Santa María, Chile