Social Systems by Niklas Luhmann
In this presentation of a general theory of systems, Niklas Luhmann, Germany's most prominent and controversial social thinker, sets out a contribution to sociology that reworks our understanding of meaning and communication.
"Social Systems presents Luhmann's startling vision of society as a self-producing or autopoietic system of communications. . . Theories of self-reference are the way forward now in a host of disciplines—the hard sciences, law, literature, psychology, and philosophy. Luhmann's reproduction within sociology of the new systems theory of self-reference vastly enriches our understanding of the possibilities of systems theory for other disciplines."—Arthur J. Jacobsen, Yeshiva University
Niklas Luhman is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Bielefeld. Several of his books have appeared in English, most recently Essays in Self-Reference
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| ISBN 13 | 9780804726252 |
| ISBN 10 | 0804726256 |
| Title | Social Systems |
| Author | Niklas Luhmann |
| Series | Writing Science |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Stanford University Press |
| Year published | 1996-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 684 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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