Sociology’s decline traces partly to ignoring Luhmann’s general social theory.

Evidence

In short, for many different reasons, the sociological enlightenment that Luhmann offers simply does not fit the version of sociology that has evolved in the English-speaking world. Those, like us, who admire his work might argue that the decline in sociology from its heyday in the 1970s is due, at least in part, to its failure to pay sufficient attention to Luhmann’s ideas for a general social theory. — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 43

Categorization

• QUESTION: Worth chasing: does this ‘decline since the 1970s’ claim hold up, or is it the authors’ Anglophone-centric framing?