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A Critique of Social Applications of Autopoiesis
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- Title: A Critique of Social Applications of Autopoiesis
- Author(s): James Juniper
- Publisher: Common Ground Research Networks
- Collection: Common Ground Research Networks
- Series: Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
- Journal Title: The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences: Annual Review
- Keywords: Autopoiesis, Regulation, Governance, Biocybernetics, Systems Theory, Metabolism-Repair Systems
- Volume: 1
- Issue: 3
- Date: January 12, 2007
- ISSN: 1833-1882 (Print)
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18848/1833-1882/CGP/v01i03/52730
- Citation: Juniper, James. 2007. "A Critique of Social Applications of Autopoiesis." The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences: Annual Review 1 (3): 137-152. doi:10.18848/1833-1882/CGP/v01i03/52730.
- Extent: 16 pages
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Abstract
The paper criticises the use of the biocybernetic notion of autopoiesis by social scientists such as Talcott Parsons, Niklas Luhmann and Gunther Teubner.
