Social Systems - (Writing Science) by Niklas Luhmann (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>In this presentation of a general theory of systems, Germany's most prominent and controversial social thinker sets out a contribution to sociology that reworks our understanding of meaning and communication. It closely interrelates such different traditions as German idealism, phenomenology, systems theory, sociological functionalism, and the epistemology of contemporary biology.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>In this presentation of a general theory of systems, Germany's most prominent and controversial social thinker sets out a contribution to sociology that reworks our understanding of meaning and communication. It closely interrelates such different traditions as German idealism, phenomenology, systems theory, sociological functionalism, and the epistemology of contemporary biology.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>"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<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><i>Social Systems</i> 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"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Niklas Luhman is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Bielefeld. Several of his books have appeared in English, most recently <i>Essays in Self-Reference</i>
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