Niklas Luhmann

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Niklas Luhmann was a German sociologist and social systems theorist known for developing a comprehensive theory of society based on the concept of self-referential social systems.

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instanceOf human
social theorist
sociologist
systems theorist
causeOfDeath leukemia
countryOfCitizenship Germany
dateOfBirth 1927-12-08
dateOfDeath 1998-11-06
educatedAt Harvard University
University of Freiburg NERFINISHED
employer University of Bielefeld NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup German
familyName Luhmann NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork communication theory
legal sociology
organization theory
social systems theory
sociological theory
sociology
systems theory
givenName Niklas NERFINISHED
hasConcept autopoiesis in social systems
communication as the basic element of social systems
complexity reduction
contingency
functional differentiation of society
operational closure of systems
second-order observation
structural coupling
world society
influenced German sociology
social systems theory NERFINISHED
systems theory in the social sciences
influencedBy Edmund Husserl NERFINISHED
George Spencer-Brown NERFINISHED
Heinz von Foerster NERFINISHED
Talcott Parsons NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName German
mainInterest communication
law
mass media
organizations
politics
religion
theory of society
movement constructivism
functionalism NERFINISHED
systems theory
notableWork Die Gesellschaft der Gesellschaft NERFINISHED
Legitimation durch Verfahren
Liebe als Passion NERFINISHED
Social Systems NERFINISHED
Soziale Systeme NERFINISHED
Theory of Society NERFINISHED
Ökologische Kommunikation
placeOfBirth Germany NERFINISHED
Lüneburg NERFINISHED
Province of Hanover NERFINISHED
Prussia NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Germany NERFINISHED
North Rhine-Westphalia NERFINISHED
Oerlinghausen NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
theoryDeveloped autopoietic social systems theory
theory of self-referential social systems
workLocation Bielefeld NERFINISHED

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Talcott Parsons influenced Niklas Luhmann
Hans Blumenberg influenced Niklas Luhmann