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THE WORLD SOCIETY AS A SOCIAL SYSTEM
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1982
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CultureSocietysocial Systemself-referenceevolutionautopoietic SystemcomplexitySocial SystemsCivil SocietySocial ProcessSocial TheorySociologyBusinessEducationSocietal EnvironmentAutopoietic SystemsSocial ChangeSystems TheoryWorld-systems TheorySocial AnthropologySystem TheoryWorld Society
Abstract It is argued in the paper that social systems are self-referential. As such, they can be best viewed as autopoietic systems. Various implications of this view are discussed in the paper. INDEX TERMS:: Societysocial systemself-referenceevolutionautopoietic systemcomplexity
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