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| Author: | Vanderstraeten, R. |
| Title: | Autopoiesis and socialization: on Luhmann's reconceptualization of communication and socialization |
| Journal: | British Journal of Sociology
2000 : SEP, VOL. 51:3, p. 581-598 |
| Index terms: | COMMUNICATION EDUCATION SYSTEMS THEORY |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | In 1984, Niklas Luhmann published Soziale Systeme in which he applies the idea of autopoiesis (= self-production) to social systems. Abstracted from its biological connotations, the concept of autopoiesis leads to a sharp distinction between different kinds of autopoietic organization, i.e. between life, consciousness and communication. According to Luhmann, the relationship between social systems and human beings cannot be adequately analysed except by taking into account that they are environments for one another. |
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