Systems theory in anthropology
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| - | In [[sociology]], media '''social system''' is the patterned network of relationships constituting a coherent whole that exist between individuals, groups, and institutions. | + | '''Systems theory in anthropology''' is an interdisciplinary, non-representative, non-referential, and non-Cartesian approach that brings together natural and social sciences to understand society in its [[complexity]]. The basic idea of a [[system theory]] in [[social science]] is to solve the classical problem of duality; mind-body, subject-object, form-content, signifier-signified, and structure-agency. System theory suggests that instead of creating closed categories into binaries (subject-object); the system should stay open so as to allow free flow of process and interactions. In this way the binaries are dissolved. |
| - | In sociological systems theory there is a controversy what kind of structural elements a social system consists of. For [[Talcott Parsons]] it is [[Instrumental action|actions]], while [[Niklas Luhmann]] considers communication processes which constitute a social system. Though communication is also an action (e.g. speech acts) and on the surface this seems to be a discussion about terms only, the selection of basic terms has theoretical and empirical consequences. | ||
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| - | * [[Economic system]] | + | * [[Complex systems]] |
| - | * [[Open and closed systems in social science|Open and closed systems (social science)]] | + | * [[Open and closed system in social science]] |
| - | * [[Political system]] | + | * [[Social systems]] |
| - | * [[Social network]] | + | * [[Systems science]] |
| - | * [[Social web]] | + | * [[Systems theory]] |
| - | *[[Social rule system theory]] | + | |
| - | * [[Systems psychology]] | + | |
| - | * [[Systems theory in anthropology]] | + | |
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Systems theory in anthropology is an interdisciplinary, non-representative, non-referential, and non-Cartesian approach that brings together natural and social sciences to understand society in its complexity. The basic idea of a system theory in social science is to solve the classical problem of duality; mind-body, subject-object, form-content, signifier-signified, and structure-agency. System theory suggests that instead of creating closed categories into binaries (subject-object); the system should stay open so as to allow free flow of process and interactions. In this way the binaries are dissolved.
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See also
- Complex systems
- Open and closed system in social science
- Social systems
- Systems science
- Systems theory
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