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The autopoiesis of social systems

Raf Vanderstraeten

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It is not possible to conceive of social systems as autopoietic systems if one departs from actions. But Luhmann’s theory opts for communication as the basic unit of social systems. The …

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It is not possible to conceive of social systems as autopoietic systems if one departs from actions. But Luhmann’s theory opts for communication as the basic unit of social systems. The …

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It is not possible to conceive of social systems as autopoietic systems if one departs from actions. But Luhmann’s theory opts for communication as the basic unit of social systems. The …

Key concepts: Autopoiesis, Neurophenomenology, Enactivism, Constructivism (international relations), Social system, Epistemology, Sociology, Systems theory

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