Abstract
The title of my chapter has two references: time and money. In order to speak of money, I will speak mostly of time, because the two issues are connected, and because in dealing with systems theory and specifically with a theory of society one cannot forget that time has always been one of its fundamental topics. In my opinion it is indeed in reference to time that the originality and the innovative strength of systems theory finds its best expression - in Luhmann’s account but also as a theoretical approach in general. And precisely in reference to time one can observe increasing uneasiness recently.
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Esposito, E. (2012). The time of money. In: Thygesen, N. (eds) The Illusion of Management Control. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230365391_10
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