| ID | 080466 |
| Title Proper | Of Systems, boundaries, and regionalisation |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Kessler, Oliver ; Helmig, Jan |
| Publication | 2007. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | For the analysis of regionalisation processes, this contribution calls for a mutual engagement between systems theory and critical geopolitics. Based on Luhmann's systems theory, the contribution proposes a framework based on the idea of a world society. This framework points to a changing mode of differentiation where there is an increasing overlap and collision between territorial and functional boundaries. Emphasising the concept of functional differentiation, a multiplicity of overlapping regional logics and forces appears where functional systems create their own 'image' of space. As a consequence, regions are not characterised by their physical or cultural boundaries but by collisions of different rationalities |
| `In' analytical Note | Geopolitics Vol. 12, No.4; 2007: p570-585 |
| Journal Source | Geopolitics Vol. 12, No.4; 2007: p570-585 |
| Key Words | Relionalisation ; Religion |