martes, 4 de mayo de 2010

Niklas Luhmann


Really, I don’t have preference for any sociologist in particular. I think each has contributed a little bit of knowledge to the discipline. However, I consider very valuable the work of Niklas Luhmann.

Luhmann was born in Luneburg in 1927, and he died in December of 1998. He studied law and sociology. He was a disciple of Talcott Parsons, another famous thinker of the sociological theory.

Luhmann is a german sociologist famous for his theory systems. The theory systems is a theory with universalistic claims, it seeks to describe and explain the society and its functioning as a complex communications system. This theory considers that the social reality is fragmented in different autonomous systems, each with its own logic and operating mechanisms.

The main texts of Niklas Luhmann are "Theory of Society "(1993)," Introduction to Systems Theory "(1996)," The society of society "(1997), "The right of society "(2005) and "Science of Society" (1996).

I like this author for its innovative and controversial way of understanding the society. Luhmann is much criticized por this, but his theory is more practical than others theories. I like that his ideas have a precise and orderly logical .

Luhmann is great!

4 comentarios:

  1. I made a work about Pokemón Phenomenon in Chile, through Niklas Luhmann’s Theory of Systems. And yes, he is a great guy. His theory was totally applicable.

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  2. the only thing I know so far about luhmann is that he is very difficult to understand !

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  3. The persons in second of sociology tried to make a joke with Luhman, they said that we must to read one of his texts and we almost died!
    No Luhman Please!! :x

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