Luhmann Applied Cybernetics & Human Knowing Vol. 14 [Paperback]

This book brings together international experts on the application of Niklas Luhmann's theory of society as autopoietic communication. Luhmanns sociological systems theory is counter-intuitive and in its detached coolness difficult for many to understand and accept. Naturally they ask: is it really worth the trouble to learn? This book demonstrates what this combination of systems theory, Batesonian information theory, von Foersters second-order cybernetics, Maturana and Varelas autopoiesis and Husserls phenomenology can offer. The book is produced in cooperation with the Sociocybernetic Group and Copenhagen Business School.

This book brings together international experts on the application of Niklas Luhmann's theory of society as autopoietic communication. Luhmanns sociological systems theory is counter-intuitive and in its detached coolness difficult for many to understand and accept. Naturally they ask: is it really worth the trouble to learn? This book demonstrates what this combination of systems theory, Batesonian information theory, von Foersters second-order cybernetics, Maturana and Varelas autopoiesis and Husserls phenomenology can offer. The book is produced in cooperation with the Sociocybernetic Group and Copenhagen Business School.