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Niklas Luhmann
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German sociologist, administration expert, and social systems theorist (1927-1998)
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- Born
- 8 December 1927
- Died
- 6 November 1998
- Works
- 228
Top works
- Short cuts
- 宗敎敎義與社會演化
- Wie halten Sie's mit Außerirdischen, Herr Luhmann?
- Funktionen und Folgen formaler Organisation
- Universität als Milieu
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1927-12-08 ) December 8, 1927, Lüneburg , Germany
- Died
- November 11, 1998 (1998-11-11) (aged 70), Oerlinghausen , Germany
- Alma mater
- University of Freiburg , University of Münster ( PhD , Hab. )
- Known for
- Theory of autopoietic social systems , Functional differentiation , Operational constructivist epistemology , Double contingency
- Fields
- Social theory , Systems theory , Communication theory , Sociocybernetics
- Institutions
- University of Bielefeld
- Academic advisors
- Talcott Parsons
- Notable students
- Dirk Baecker [ de ; zh ] Peter Fuchs [ de ] Rudolf Stichweh [ de ] Elena Esposito Maren Lehmann [ de ]
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Niklas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Lüneburg
- Place of death
- Oerlinghausen
- Occupation
- social scientist
- Educated at
- Harvard University
- Employer
- Bielefeld University
- Political party
- Nazi Party
- Languages spoken
- German
- Academic degree
- habilitation
- Field of work
- sociology of law
- Image
- HSGH 022-000941 Niklas Luhmann (cropped).png
- Work location
- Münster
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- date of birth
- 1927-12-08
- date of death
- 1998-11-06
- name in native language
- Niklas Luhmann
- influenced by
- Humberto Maturana
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Encyclopedic overview
Niklas Luhmann (/ˈluːmɑːn/; German: [ˈluːman]; December 8, 1927 – November 11, 1998) was a German sociologist, philosopher of social science, and systems theorist.
Niklas Luhmann is one of the most influential German sociologists of the 20th century. His thinking was based on the philosophical tradition and at the same time the reception of a wide variety of concepts from modern science. From this foundation he developed a functionalist-oriented systems theory, which claims to be able to describe all social phenomena in a theoretically consistent language.
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