Luhmann observed: radical theoretical encounters

Luhmann Encountered Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos and Anders la Cour PART I: RADICAL PARADOXES 1. Contingency, Reciprocity, the Other and the Other in the Other Luhmann-Lacan, an Encounter Jean Clam 2. Luhmann's Ontology William Rasch 3. The Autopoietic Fold: Critical Autopoiesis between Luhmann and Deleuze Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos PART II: RADICAL MATERIALITY 4. Gendering Luhmann: The Paradoxical Simultaneity of Gender Equality and Inequality Christine Weinbach 5. Luhmann, All Too Luhmann: Nietzsche, Luhmann and the Human Todd Cesaratto 6. Only Connect: Luhmann and Bioethics Sharon Persaud 7. Spatiality, Imitation, Immunisation: Luhmann and Sloterdijk on the Social Christian Borch PART III: RADICAL SEMANTICS 8. Luhmann and Umberto Eco: The Riddles of Interpretation and the Reference to Society Elena Esposito 9. Organisations, Institutions and Semantics: Systems theory meets Institutionalism Anders La Cour and Holger Hojlund 10. Luhmann and Koselleck: Conceptual History and the Diagnostics of the Present Niels Akerstrom Andersen PART IV: RADICAL POLITICS 11. Luhmann and Derrida: Immunology and Autopoiesis Willis S. Guerra Filho 12. In the Multiverse what is Real? Luhmann, Complexity and ANT Barbara Mauthe and Thomas E. Webb 13. Luhmann and Marx: Social Theory and Social Freedom Chris Thornhill