Similarities between phenomenology and Luhmann's theory of social systems

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=='''Sense-making and meaning'''== [[Niklas Luhmann]]'s theory of social systems views social systems as sense-making systems, which is similar to [[phenomenology]]'s focus on the meaningful experiences of [[actor]]s. (Arnoldi) Meaning is central to Luhmann's concept of social systems in that it is through meaning that a system makes intellegible its environment. Thus, an object gets is identity trhough its's relational position. [[Niklas Luhmann]] uses the notion of Sinn or sense from [[Phenomenology]] with notions of self-reference or autopoiesis while drawing on [[Spencer-Brown]]'s [[Boolean logic]], to come up with the concept of distinction-form. In this he says that the foundation of any meaningful experience is the drawing of distinction. So a social system exists through [[meaning]] based on distinction. =='''Horizon'''== with the meaning of horizon [[Edmund Husserl]] shows that the world can never be fully understood but only through partial views. Luhmann uses this notion of selection to systems which are faced with a high degree of complexity and make sense through selection, while the non-selected remains as a horizon of possibilities. =='''Intersubjective consciousness'''== Luhmann's theory of social systems as [[sense-making systems]] based on communication, can also be said to overlap with [[Alfred Schütz]]'s phenomenological thinking of [[intersubjective consciousness]] of the [[life world]]. =='''References'''== * Arnoldi, J. (2001) Niklas Luhmann. An Introduction. In: Theory, Culture & Society. Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 1-13. * Arnoldi, J (2010). Sense making as communication. Soziale Systeme 16, Heft 1, S. 28-48. Lucius&Lucius. Stuttgart. link:[ http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=12&ved=0CCcQFjABOAo&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.soziale-systeme.ch%2Fpdf%2FSoSy_01_10_Arnoldi_www.pdf&rct=j&q=phenomenology%20and%20luhmann&ei=LYGcTovBEImc-wbPkdiyBQ&usg=AFQjCNERMnfwnmWtg4y7KVEKtvp_o2tYMg&cad=rja ] viewed on 17/10/2011 * Gren, M. & Zierhofer, W. (2003) The unity of difference: a critical appraisal of Niklas Luhmann’s theory of social systems in the context of corporeality and spatiality. In: Environment and Planning A. Vol. 35, pp. 615-630. ====Contributors==== * page created by Kolar Aparna--[[User:KolarAparna|KolarAparna]] 20:30, 17 October 2011 (CEST) * links added by Janna Völpel s3015041 [[User:JannaVolpel|JannaVolpel]] 16:03, 7 May 2012 (CEST) [[Category: Social System Theory]]

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