This article addresses the relationship between the structuralism, especially the anthropological
version of the latter in Levi-Strauss and Luhmann’s theory of social systems. The analysis is done
through two guiding hypotheses. It reviews the historical background relating structuralism with systems theory and discusses the fundamental concepts that appear in this relationship. Luhmann's systems thinking are contrasted in some of its central concepts with
Lévi-Strauss’s structuralist perspective. The paper concludes with a review of the hypotheses presented and some proposals about the perspective of the social systems.
Keywords:
Luhmann, Lévi-Strauss, structuralism, cybernetics, theory of social systems
Cadenas, H. (2012). The system of the structure. Structuralism and social systems theory. Cinta De Moebio. Revista De Epistemología De Ciencias Sociales, (45). Retrieved from https://revistaurbanismo.uchile.cl/index.php/CDM/article/view/25896
