Foundations of Niklas Luhmann's theory of social systems

Philosophy of the Social Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 481-516

  Viskovatoff, Alex ^a  

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DOI: 10.1177/004839319902900402     Document Type: Article

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