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[edit] THE WORLD AS A SOCIAL SYSTEM

I think this view could be added to this article: http://www.n4bz.org/gst/gst12.htm It's about social systems and what Niclas Luhmann thought about them.

[edit] Split into Social system and social structure

It seems to me that there is a rather large difference between Social system and social structure:

• The concept of social structure has a longer history in the social sciences, going back for example to the functionalism of figures such as Herbert Spencer, the class structure analysis of Karl Marx, or the work of 19th century German sociologist Georg Simmel on social structure as abstract patterns underlying human interaction.
• The concept of social structure is related to structuralism

On the onther hand:

• The concept of a social system is more recent related to Talcott Parsons, Eric Trist and Niklas Luhmann.
• The concept of social systems is related to systems theory

See also:

• Category:Social systems
• de:Soziales System
• Sociotechnical systems theory

External links:

• The world a social system by Niklas Luhmann.

Now, because we make a diffences between structuralism and systems theory, I think we also should make a difference between Social structure and Social system . - Mdd 12:59, 14 September 2007 (UTC)