"No matter how abstractly formulated are a general theory of systems, a general theory of evolution and a general theory of communication, all three theoretical components are necessary for the specifically sociological theory of society. They are mutually interdependent."
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Niklas Luhmann
1927 – 1998
deutscher Jurist und Soziologe
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