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Eigenvalues, recursion and historical-contextual dimension of communication: the operational basis of the phenomenon called culture

Authors

  • Cecilia Dockendorff Universidad de Santiago de Chile

Abstract

Based on a review of Luhmann’s texts and proposals of some systemic authors on culture, this article at-tempts, first, to understand systemically the phenome-na commonly described or explained by the concept of culture. Without using culture but concepts of social systems theory, the text offers an understanding of both the operational and functional dimensions in-volved in the generation of such phenomena. Second, from the previous analysis and based on the notion of Eigenvalues resulting from the recursive operation of the communication, the article proposes an observation model aimed at facilitating systemic empirical research.

Keywords:

Culture, Eigenvalues, Semantics, Communication, Recursion, Luhmann

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