World Society and the Human Being The possibilities and limitations of global learning in dealing with change

This article deals with understandings of change. It attempts to provide a framework for comprehending the hopes and assumptions concerning change that are implicit within global learning. The proposed framework of understanding draws on the theoretical perspectives of 'world society' (Luhmann) and ' homo absconditus ' (Plessner), and therefore places the proposed framework regarding an understanding of change within the context of an understanding of cultural functionality.