Subsystem
From Geography
Subsystem is a part of Niklas Luhmann's theory of society. The society is divided by functionally specialised subsystems. These subsystems cannot be replaced by another subsystem. They are seperated from eachother.
Examples for 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