Introduction to Systems Theory

Name: Introduction to Systems Theory
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ISBN: 9780745645728

ISBN-10: 0745645720

ISBN-13: 9780745645728

Edition: 2012

Authors: Niklas Luhmann, Peter Gilgen

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Niklas Luhmann ranks as one of the most important sociologists and social theorists of the twentieth century. Through his many books he developed a highly original form of Systems Theory that has been hugely influential in a wide variety of disciplines.In Introduction to Systems Theory, Luhmann is at the height of his powers. In a remarkably clear way he explains the key ideas of general and sociological Systems Theory and offers a wealth of examples to illustrate his approach. The book offers a wide range of concepts and theorems that can be applied to politics and the economy, religion and science, art and education, organization and the family. Moreover, Luhmann's ideas address important…

Book details

Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Polity Press
Publication date: 10/26/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 300
Size: 5.90" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Translator's Note and Acknowledgments


System - Autopoiesis - Form: An Introduction to Luhmann's Introduction to Systems Theory


Editor's Preface to the German Edition



Sociology and Systems Theory


First Lecture



The Functionalism of System Maintenance



Parsons


Second Lecture



General Systems Theory



The Theory of Open Systems


Third Lecture



System as Difference (Formal Analysis)


Fourth Lecture



Operational Closure


Fifth Lecture



Self-Organization, Autopoiesis



Structural Coupling


Sixth Lecture



Observing


Seventh Lecture



Re-entry



Complexity


Eighth Lecture



The Idea of Rationality



Time


Ninth Lecture



Meaning


Tenth Lecture



Psychic and Social Systems



Problems of "Action Theory"


Eleventh Lecture



Two Modes of Operation of Autopoiesis


Twelfth Lecture



Communication as a Self-Observing Operation


Thirteenth Lecture



Double Contingency, Structure, Conflict


Fourteenth Lecture


Notes


Suggested Further Readings


Index