The Social System

The Social System
Author: Talcott Parsons
Publisher: Hassell Street Press
Total Pages: 606
Release: 1951
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

Regarded as one of the most influential works in the field of sociology, this book provides a comprehensive framework for understanding the social world. The author dissects the complex interplay between social structures, cultural patterns, and individual behavior, and presents a nuanced view of society as a constantly evolving system. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Social Systems

Social Systems
Author: Niklas Luhmann
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 692
Release: 1995
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780804726252

Germany's most prominent social thinker here sets out a contribution to sociology that aims to rework our understanding of meaning and communication. He links social theory to recent theoretical developments in scientific disciplines.

Art as a Social System

Art as a Social System
Author: Niklas Luhmann
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 444
Release: 2000
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780804739078

This is the definitive analysis of art as a social and perceptual system by Germany's leading social theorist of the late 20th century. It combines three decades of research in the social sciences, phenomenology, evolutionary biology, cybernetics, and information theory with an intimate knowledge of art history, literature, aesthetics, and contemporary literary theory.

Law as a Social System

Law as a Social System
Author: Niklas Luhmann
Publisher: Oxford Socio-Legal Studies
Total Pages: 524
Release: 2004
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780198262381

However, unlike conventional legal theory, this volume seeks to provide an answer in terms of a general social theory: a methodology that answers this question in a manner applicable not only to law, but also to all the other complex and highly differentiated systems within modern society, such as politics, the economy, religion, the media, and education. This truly sociological approach offers profound insights into the relationships between law and all of these other social systems.

Social Emergence

Social Emergence
Author: R. Keith Sawyer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2005-10-27
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780521844642

This book argues that societies are complex dynamical systems that can be understood through the concept of emergence.

Social Systems and Design

Social Systems and Design
Author: Gary S. Metcalf
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2014-07-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 443154478X

We live in the worlds that we help to create every day. Every activity either supports an existing system or effects some change, however small. But is it possible to consciously create the worlds in which we want to live? This volume brings together systems theorists and practitioners who have worked on that question for decades. It explores connections between design and systems ideas to explain why some efforts have been more successful than others, and what is needed if we are to move forward. It offers reflections on early and large-scale attempts at impacting societal systems, as well as proposals for taking those ideas into the future. Examples date back to the Club of Rome in the 1960s and look forward to the creation of ecologically sustainable systems in the future. They address the need for collaboration and inclusion in settings from communities to corporations. And while theories are presented as support for the examples, they are explained in practical ways meant to be accessible both to students and to general readers.

Models and Theories in Social Systems

Models and Theories in Social Systems
Author: Cristina Flaut
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 571
Release: 2018-10-12
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3030000842

This book concisely presents a broad range of models and theories on social systems. Because of the huge spectrum of topics involving social systems, various issues related to Mathematics, Statistics, Teaching, Social Science, and Economics are discussed. In an effort to introduce the subject to a wider audience, this volume, part of the series “Studies in Systems, Decision and Control”, equally addresses the needs of mathematicians, statisticians, sociologists and philosophers. The studies examined here are divided into four parts. The first part, “Perusing the Minds Behind Scientific Discoveries”, traces the winding path of Syamal K. Sen and Ravi P. Agarwal’s scholarship throughout history, and most importantly, the thought processes that allowed each of them to master their subject. The second part covers “Theories in Social Systems” and the third discusses “Models in Social Systems”, while the fourth and final part is dedicated to “Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences”. Given its breadth of coverage, the book will offer inquisitive readers a valuable point of departure for exploring these rich, vast, and ever-expanding fields of knowledge.

Social Structure & Person

Social Structure & Person
Author: Talcott Parsons
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 392
Release: 2010-05-11
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1439138303

A Collection of essays which studies the theoretical problem of relationships between social structure and personality, and how these different relationships merit distinct treatment for particular purposes. Parsons concludes that in the larger picture, their interdependencies are so intimate that bringing them together in an interpretive synthesis is imperative if a balanced understanding of the complex as a whole is to be attained.