Niklas Luhmann, prior to his death in 1998, was Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Bielefeld University.Christian Morgner is Senior Lecturer in Culture and Creative Industries at The University of Sheffield's Management School. He is also the editor (with Michael King) of Luhmann's Trust and Power (2017).Margaret Hiley is a German to English translator, specializing in academic translations and translations for the creative and cultural industries.Afterword written by Michael King who is Professor Emeritus at the University of Reading. He has published extensively on Luhmanns ideas and their application, including Systems, not People, Make Society Happen (2009), Holcombe Publishing and (with Chris Thornhill), and Niklas Luhmann's Theory of Politics and Law (2003).

By making Luhmann's theory of meaning more available to the English-reading world, Christian Morgner makes an important contribution, broadening the conversation in cultural sociology today." -Jeffrey C. Alexander, Lillian Chavenson Saden Professor of Sociology, Yale University

• The Making of Meaning in the Sociology of Niklas Luhmann Chapter 1. Social Structure and Semantic Tradition Chapter 2. How is social order possible? Chapter 3. On the Concept of Social Class Chapter 4. Individual, Individuality, Individualism Chapter 5. Culture as a Historical Concept Afterword

Niklas Luhmann, prior to his death in 1998, was Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Bielefeld University.Christian Morgner is Senior Lecturer in Culture and Creative Industries at The University of Sheffield's Management School. He is also the editor (with Michael King) of Luhmann's Trust and Power (2017).Margaret Hiley is a German to English translator, specializing in academic translations and translations for the creative and cultural industries.Afterword written by Michael King who is Professor Emeritus at the University of Reading. He has published extensively on Luhmanns ideas and their application, including Systems, not People, Make Society Happen (2009), Holcombe Publishing and (with Chris Thornhill), and Niklas Luhmann's Theory of Politics and Law (2003).

By making Luhmann's theory of meaning more available to the English-reading world, Christian Morgner makes an important contribution, broadening the conversation in cultural sociology today." -Jeffrey C. Alexander, Lillian Chavenson Saden Professor of Sociology, Yale University

• The Making of Meaning in the Sociology of Niklas Luhmann Chapter 1. Social Structure and Semantic Tradition Chapter 2. How is social order possible? Chapter 3. On the Concept of Social Class Chapter 4. Individual, Individuality, Individualism Chapter 5. Culture as a Historical Concept Afterword