Niklas Luhmann Scientist

Niklas Luhmann (December 8, 1927 – November 6, 1998) was a German sociologist, and a prominent thinker in systems theory, who is increasingly recognized as one of the most important social theorists of the 20th century.

Personal facts

Birth dateDecember 08, 1927
Birth place
Weimar Republic , Lüneburg
Date of deathNovember 06, 1998
Place of death
Germany , Oerlinghausen
Education
University of Freiburg
Harvard University
Known for
Differentiation (sociology)

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Scientist

academic advisor
Field of study
Systems theory
Social theory
Sociocybernetics
Communication theory
influenced
Harrison White
Ole Thyssen
influenced by
G. Spencer-Brown
Reinhart Koselleck
Heinz von Foerster

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Niklas Luhmann on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sociocybernetics
  2. http://hub.hku.hk/handle/10722/42552
  3. http://steffen-roth.ch/teaching/yerevan-state-university/primary-resources-niklas-luhmann
  4. http://www.sistemassociales.com
  5. http://www.systems-thinking.de/luhmann.html
  6. http://www.univie.ac.at/constructivism/journal/8/1
  7. https://biblio.ugent.be/input/download?func=downloadFile&recordOId=482439&fileOId=494960