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Mitani Lab
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The lab re-examines the foundational theory of sociology, starting from the theories of Niklas Luhmann.
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Rethinking what "society" is, starting from language
The Mitani Lab studies the foundational theory of sociology.
People live their lives assuming that "society," "institutions," "organizations," "communication," and "action" exist, yet the language we have to explain them is surprisingly poor.
Drawing on research in neighboring fields such as philosophy, the lab works on finding more adequate ways of describing and explaining these concepts.
In graduate education, students read Luhmann and other work in theoretical sociology, aiming to develop the ability to read rigorously and examine ideas critically.
Key terms
- Theoretical Sociology
- A field of sociology that builds and examines, as theory, the concepts and ways of thinking used when studying society
- Social Systems Theory
- A theory that views society as a unified system and seeks to explain how it comes about and how it operates
- Niklas Luhmann
- A 20th-century German theoretical sociologist who left a major theory that views society as a system
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies how to describe and explain the concepts at the foundation of sociology more adequately, with social systems theory at its core. Starting from the theories of the theoretical sociologist Niklas Luhmann, it works on critically reworking them.
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- Associate ProfessorTakeshi MitaniPublications ↗
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Old Library Bookshelves, Macquarie University” Mw12310 (talk) / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Reworking Luhmann's Theory: “Card catalogue drawers” Carolina Prysyazhnyuk / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
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