Quote of the day
Physiology and psychology cover, between them, the field of vital phenomena; they deal with the facts of life at large, and in particular with the facts of human life.
Niklas Luhmann
Born: December 8, 1927
Died: November 6, 1998 (aged 70)
Bio: Niklas Luhmann was a German sociologist, and a prominent thinker in systems theory, who is increasingly recognized as one of the most important social theorists of the 20th century.
Known for:
- Introduction to Systems Theory
- Love as passion (1986)
- The Reality of the Mass Media (1995)
- Theory of Society
- Law as a Social System (1993)