Subsystem
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- ''Economy'' | - ''Economy'' | ||
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medium: money, securities | medium: money, securities | ||
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- ''Law'' | - ''Law'' | ||
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medium: text of law and contracts, interpretations | medium: text of law and contracts, interpretations | ||
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medium: authority, legitimation, generalised approval, trust, forms of power | medium: authority, legitimation, generalised approval, trust, forms of power | ||
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medium: rites, prayers, oral traditions, sacred texts. | medium: rites, prayers, oral traditions, sacred texts. | ||
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- ''Science'' | - ''Science'' | ||
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medium: publications, presentations | medium: publications, presentations | ||
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- ''Education'' | - ''Education'' | ||
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- | + | Gren, M., Zierhofer, W., ''The unity of difference: a critical appraisal of Niklas Luhmann's theory of social systems in the context of corporeality and spatiality'', (University of Basel, 2002) | |
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Revision as of 11:17, 7 September 2011
The subsystems are a part of Niklas Luhmann's theory of society. This theory holds that the society is divided by functionally specialised subsystems. These subsystems cannot be replaced by the other subsystems and they exist seperated from eachother. Each of them have their own properties. They are caracterised by codes, programs, the way of operating and de medium which are used in the subsystem.
Examples of subsystems are:
- Economy
code: Having money / not having money
program: supply and demand
operation: payment
medium: money, securities
- Law
code: right/wrong
program: laws, decrees, practice of verdiets, contracts
operation: sentence, related to cases
medium: text of law and contracts, interpretations
- Politics
code: governement/ oppositions majority/minority
program: program for legislation party program
operations: decisions, votes, declarations
medium: authority, legitimation, generalised approval, trust, forms of power
- Religion
code: immanence/ transcendence
program: myths, commandments
operations: creed, confession
medium: rites, prayers, oral traditions, sacred texts.
- Science
code: true/false
program: notions, theories, methodologies
operations: proof or falsification of statements
medium: publications, presentations
- Education
code: satisfactory/ unsatisfactory
program: training, professions, curriculum
operations: assessment, exam
medium: qualifications, marks, diplomas, degrees, titles
References:
Gren, M., Zierhofer, W., The unity of difference: a critical appraisal of Niklas Luhmann's theory of social systems in the context of corporeality and spatiality, (University of Basel, 2002)
Published by Meryl Burger s0801704