“How is social order possible?”
This is the fundamental question of 2nd
class of the Social Systems Theory course. Each class has a “Mission Driven”
learning style: Before the class, students are assigned to read a quit a lot on
books related to the topic of the next class. In the beginning of the class, Prof. Iba exposes the key question to the students. Then, students have a
dialogue discussing about the key questions. Finally, they come back to the
fundamental question.
“What is the Double Contingency?”
“What does Luhmann suggest in order to
overcome the situation of double contingency? ”
These are the first mission to the students
to think.
During the dialogue session, we could hear
the following thoughts from the students according to the lecture.
"Each actor cannot make decision without
any shared norms or culture because it depends on the other’s decision.
Therefore, as the core concept of Social Systems Theory, Luhmann emphasizes
that perception of little movement of others help them to expect the other’s
decision.”
Then, Prof. Iba introduces “Communication”
as the synthesis of three selections: information, utterance, and
understanding.
Finally, in order to share their
understandings on communication Luhmann proposes, students had time for
discussing his definition of “communication” and its advantages.
The students will reflect on what they learnt from the lecture and in-class
dialogues, and prepare for the next class by reading assignments at home.
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