Niklas luhmann biography

German sociologist (–)

Niklas Luhmann (; German:[ˈluːman]; December 8, – November 11, ) was a German sociologist, philosopher of social science, and a prominent thinker in systems theory.^[2]

Biography

Luhmann was born in Lüneburg, Free State of Prussia, where his father's family had been running a brewery for several generations.

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He entered the Gymnasium Johanneum at Luneburg in ^[3] In , he was conscripted as a Luftwaffenhelfer in World War II and served for two years until, at the age of 17, he was taken prisoner of war by American troops in ^[4] After the war Luhmann studied law at the University of Freiburg from to , where he obtained a law degree, and then began a career in Lüneburg's public administration.

During a sabbatical in , he went to Harvard, where he met and studied under Talcott Parsons, then the world's most influential social systems theorist.

In later days, Luhmann dismissed Parsons' theory, developing Luhmann, Niklas - Encyclopedia.com WAJU