Communication and intercourse in N. Luhmann’s systems sociology

Communication and intercourse in N. Luhmann’s systems sociology


Rezaev А.V.

Dr. Sci. (Philos.), Chairperson of Comparative Sociology Department, St. Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia. rezaev@hotmail.com

Tregubova N.D.

Cand. Sci. (Sociol.), Assistant Professor of Comparative Sociology Department, St. Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia. n.tregubova@spbu.ru

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Rezaev А.V., Tregubova N.D. Communication and intercourse in N. Luhmann’s systems sociology. Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya [Sociological Studies]. 2015. No 11. P. 148-155




Abstract

N. Luhmann’s systems sociology begins with the question: how is communication possible? Authors discuss logics of development and limitations of this theory proceeding from a reseach issue how is communication between people possible. Conclusion is made that intercourse should be seen as an important promising line in contemporary theoeretical sociology offering conceptual basis for a variety of sociological branches.


Keywords
intercourse; sociology of intercourse; interaction; communication; social relations
Content No 11, 2015