Luhmann auf Panta.: Zum Verhältnis von funktionaler Differenzierung und Humandifferenzierung in Stanisław Lems Sterntagebüchern.

Abstract

The article deals with the relationship between functional differentiation and human differentiation from a systems-theoretical perspective using Stanisław Lem's description of the fictitious planet Panta. It comes to the conclusion that the hitherto prevailing systems-theoretical view of the social relevance of human differentiation applies at best to this fictitious example, but not to human world society, and argues for a social-theoretical reassessment of human differentiation.