社会の機能的分化 : 意味構成の単一化か, 多様化か?

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Modern society (functionally differentiated society) has been paradoxically described. Some say it is one-dimensional (meaning-construction in society is monotonous), while others maintain it is multidimensional (meaning-construction in society is colorful). In modern society, people are deembedded from a fixed context of a particular class or community and can gain access to several communication codes. Therefore, at the individual level, various perspectives are possible. Such a society is multi-dimensional. From another viewpoint, however, because of the diversity of individuals, control of meaning-construction (way of thinking) becomes stronger into the private domain. Such a society is one-dimensional. Which is true? To answer this question, the second-order approach must be used, that is, a description of communication codes. From this angle, we can understand this paradox as a problem of self-description in one-dimensional/ multidimensional code. If we want to describe the multidimensionality (polycontextuality) of a modern society, we have to distinguish between the codes.
社会・経済システム学会の論文
1999-11-10