What are the representatives of social system theory and social cybernetics and their views?

Representative figures of social system theory: American sociologists T. Parsons, homans, Philip Selznick and Daniel Katz.

Robert L. Kahn, Institute of Human Relations, Tavistock, London.

Viewpoint: Social system is a self-created system, which constantly creates communication through communication in a closed cycle. It is both closed (operationally) and open (to the environment). ?

The representative figure of social control theory: Hirsch.

Viewpoint: Human nature is evil, and everyone can commit a crime. Crime is the product of lack of social control.

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Social system theory is the sociological theory of Luhmann in Germany. Formed in the mid-1980s. On the basis of criticizing Parsons' social system theory, the self-regeneration system theory of life system initiated by Chilean biologists Maturana and valera was transplanted to Du Xuehui, and "communication" (not "people" or "action") was regarded as the basic element of social system.

T Hirsch believes in The Causes of Juvenile Delinquency (1969) that people are immoral animals and everyone has a natural tendency to commit crimes, so it is not necessary to explain why people commit crimes, but why they do not commit crimes. It is believed that the reason why people do not commit crimes is the result of various social control mechanisms (social ties) formed in the process of socialization.

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