Luhmann's General Sociology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2137372 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dag Osterberg (University of Oslo, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 15-25 |
| Publication date | 2000-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Acta Sociologica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0001-6993 • E-ISSN: 1502-3869 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/000169930004300103 |
| OpenAlex | W1995652553, W4239521892 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 5 |
The article deals with Niklas Luhmann's treatise Die Gesellschaft der Gesellschaft, exposing it to a critique in terms of Luhmann's own criterion: plausibility. It is argued that both Parsons' general sociology and Marxism render more plausible accounts of modern society than does Luhmann's theory of autopoietic systems. It is asserted that the fundamental mistake in Luhmann's theory is his conflation of the concepts of differentiated social systems and autonomous social systems, a conflation that confers a ring of the imaginary to Luhmann's treatise
Autopoiesis · Conflation · Epistemology · Mistake · Psychoanalysis · Social science · Social system · Sociology · Systems theory · The Imaginary · Computer Science · German Social Sciences and History · Law · Philosophical and Historical Studies · Philosophy · Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory
| Citations per year | 0.3 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2006 - 2015 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |