Autopoiesis and socialization: On Luhmann's reconceptualization of communication and socialization

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 581-598

  Vanderstraeten, Raf ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autopoiesis; Communication; Education; Niklas luhmann; Social systems; Socialization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HISTORY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOLOGY; SYSTEMS THEORY;

COMMUNICATION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOLOGY; SYSTEMS THEORY;

EID: 0034263391     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2000.00581.x     Document Type: Article

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