THE WORLD SOCIETY AS A SOCIAL SYSTEM
International Journal of General SystemsPublished 1 June 1982
Niklas Luhmann
Citations316
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SJR score0.56
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Abstract It is argued in the paper that social systems are self-referential. As such, they can be best viewed as autopoietic systems. Various implications of this view are discussed in the paper. INDEX TERMS:: Societysocial systemself-referenceevolutionautopoietic systemcomplexity
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