System and environment: Notes on the autopoiesis of modern society

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 471-481

  Vanderstraeten, Raf ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autopoiesis; Ecology; Niklas Luhmann; Systems theory

Indexed keywords

AUTO-POIESIS; BASIC CHARACTERISTICS; FUNCTIONAL SUBSYSTEMS; IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT; NIKLAS LUHMANN; SOCIAL NEEDS; STRUCTURAL LEVELS;

ECOLOGY; SYSTEM THEORY; SYSTEMS SCIENCE;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 29844447790     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sres.662     Document Type: Article

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