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• Alienation
  Alienation is a theory written by Karl Marx. Alienation refers to estrangement, division, or dist ... is an underpinning for the critique against the capitalism as an economic system.
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• Autonomy of social(sub) systems
  ...her. As a result of Luhmann’s specific sociological concerns, a [[social system]] is differentiated into interactions, organisations and societies. Luhmann, N. (1995) ''Social systems'' Standford: Standford university press; Gren, M & Zierhofer, W. (2
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• Autopoiesis
  ...n to express meaning, interpretation and communication in terms of systems theory (Gren & Zierhofer, 2003, p. 616). Luhmann gives the following definition of ...ent, whether this takes the form of life, consciousness or (in the case of social systems) communication. Autopoiesis is the mode of reproduction of these sy
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• Autopoiesis (vs. Allopoiesis)
  ...themselves. This term is also used by [[Niklas Luhmann]] in the context of social systems, which is described a little below. ...ools which are used for reaching the purpose. An example of an allopoietic system is a car factory. Raw materials are being used as generator for the car, al
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• Time-Space distanciation
  ... not necessarily tied to each other. Or in other words, the reformation of social relations across an indefinite span of time-space. (Werlen, 2009) ...hat his time-space distanciation has two important implications for social theory, in general.
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• Psychic systems
  ...system is a closed system, but it exists as an environment to the [[social system]]. ... make a distinction between the ‘world’ and ‘everything else’, the system would only result in chaos. Observations of differences make identification
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• Francisco Varela
  ...selves. [[Niklas Luhmann]] also used this term, he used it in a context of social systems ... unity of difference: a critical appraisal of Niklas Luhmann’s theory of social systems in the context of corporeality and spatiality. In: ''Environment an
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• Society
  ...unications. To be frank society makes communication possible between other social systems, as it includes all communications it can not communicate on it's o ...anding of the loose components, however, makes it possible to understand a system such as society, without seeing it as a whole.
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• Social systems
  ...sage of [[meaning]]. Social systems cannot exist without material systems. Social systems are as earlier mentioned constituted by [[self reference]]. They re ... sees three different levels of analysis. By doing this, he can position [[social systems]] in relation to other systems.
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• Corporeality
  ...communication. However, Luhmann does not elaborate this concept in systems theory. He only recognizes that corporeality in communication exists (Gren & Zierh ...e Unity of difference. A critical appraisal of Niklas Luhmann´s theory of social systems in the context of corporeality and spatiality. Nijmegen: University
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• Similarities between phenomenology and Luhmann's theory of social systems
  ...o 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 trhoug ...on of any meaningful experience is the drawing of distinction. So a social system exists through [[meaning]] based on distinction.
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• Structural functionalism
  == The structure of Social Action == ...on and social role, which could provide a skeleton outline of society as a system made up of identifiable and inter related parts between which functional in
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• Grand theory
  ...takes priority over understanding the [[social world]]. In his view, Grand Theory was more or less separated from the concrete concerns of everyday life and ..., and religious or philosophical components. He tried to integrate all the social sciences within an overarching theoretical framework (Gregory, 2010)
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• Organisms
  ...w, they can be seen as closed systems, this also characterizes psychic and social systems. ...he system generate the network of operations producing the elements of the system.
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• Boundaries
  ... boundaries as a selection of possibilities (meanings) that are open for a system, selected from a surplus of possibilities offered by the environment (Noe, of Niklas Luhmann’s theory of social systems in the context of corporeality
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• Power
  ...), is closely linked to the concept of resources. Within the structuration theory, the term resource does not refer directly to something material, like natu ...rtant part in social encounters: power is implicit in all interactions and social relations.
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• Inter-subjectivity
  ...r and used as an everyday resource to interpret the meaning of elements of social and cultural life (Seale, 2004). Basically: if people share common sense, t ...hich he considers to be a starting point for the establishment of a shared social and cognitive world (Duranti, 2010).
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• Language
  Language has played an important role in the development of human geography theory, which is reflected in different branches of study, such as ''language geog ...sh two important themes of study concerning (distribution of) language and social usage of language.
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• Functional differentiation
  ...es the code of true or false. More information can be found in [[Luhmann's theory of society]] and [[subsystem]]. [[function system]]
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• Luhmann's theory of society
  ...ney or not having money, economics benefit or economic costs). If not, the system will see these problems as 'noise' and they will be refained from such oper ...gical Communication (1989) is one example of his work in withs he uses his theory of society. In Ecological Communication (1989) Luhmann tries to analyse the
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