Niklas Luhmann

Niklas Luhmann
Born(1927-12-08)December 8, 1927
DiedNovember 11, 1998(1998-11-11) (aged 70)
Alma materUniversity of Freiburg
University of Münster
Known forTheory of autopoietic social systems
Functional differentiation
Operational constructivist epistemology
Double contingency[1]
Scientific career
FieldsSocial theory
Systems theory
Communication theory
Sociocybernetics
InstitutionsUniversity of Bielefeld
Academic advisorsTalcott Parsons
Notable students

Niklas Luhmann (/ˈlmɑːn/; German: [ˈluːman]; December 8, 1927 – November 11, 1998) was a German sociologist, philosopher of social science, and a prominent thinker in systems theory.[2]

  1. ^ Raf Vanderstraeten, "Parsons, Luhmann and the Theorem of Double Contingency," Journal of Classical Sociology 2(1), 2002.
  2. ^ Bechmann and Stehr, 'The Legacy of Niklas Luhmann' Society (2002).

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