Essays On Self Reference by Niklas Luhmann
A collection of essays that develops a systems-theoretical account of how social systems operate reflexively by observing and reproducing themselves through communication, linking autopoiesis, second-order observation, and constructivist epistemology to show how paradox and contingency are organized in modern society. Moving from conceptual foundations to examples in law, science, and organizations, it argues that meaning emerges from recursive operations that generate and stabilize structures through self-descriptions and functional differentiation despite inherent contradictions and complexity.
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- 1990
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