Contrasting differences in identity and agency between narrative and autopoietic systems

The article aims at contrasting the autopoietic understanding of an individual and her or his actions as described by Niklas Luhmann with Paul Ricoeur’s notion of narrative identity, focusing on people as legal subjects. The article assumes that when legal subjects necessitate ethical engagement and...

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Main Author:	Nico Buitendag
Format:	Article
Language:	Afrikaans
Published:	AOSIS 2013-07-01
Series:	HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
Subjects:	Law Identity Agency Niklas Luhmann Paul Ricoeur autopoiesis narrative complexity systems theory time causality
Online Access:	https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/1966

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spelling	doaj-c762fc0cb72d43138d3f2e330cf3784c2020-11-24T20:41:26ZafrAOSISHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 0259-94222072-80502013-07-01691e1e71741Contrasting differences in identity and agency between narrative and autopoietic systemsNico Buitendag0Department of Jurisprudence, University of PretoriaThe article aims at contrasting the autopoietic understanding of an individual and her or his actions as described by Niklas Luhmann with Paul Ricoeur’s notion of narrative identity, focusing on people as legal subjects. The article assumes that when legal subjects necessitate ethical engagement and evaluation, the law could cease to deal with problems in a mere legalistic fashion but is allowed the freedom to appeal to norms of justice external to itself as in other natural law theories. Through narrative identity the deeds of role players are to be understood in greater complexity than what a self-referential legal system is comfortable in dealing with.https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/1966LawIdentityAgencyNiklas LuhmannPaul Ricoeurautopoiesisnarrativecomplexitysystems theorytimecausality
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title	Contrasting differences in identity and agency between narrative and autopoietic systems
title_short	Contrasting differences in identity and agency between narrative and autopoietic systems
title_full	Contrasting differences in identity and agency between narrative and autopoietic systems
title_fullStr	Contrasting differences in identity and agency between narrative and autopoietic systems
title_full_unstemmed	Contrasting differences in identity and agency between narrative and autopoietic systems
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publisher	AOSIS
series	HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
issn	0259-9422 2072-8050
publishDate	2013-07-01
description	The article aims at contrasting the autopoietic understanding of an individual and her or his actions as described by Niklas Luhmann with Paul Ricoeur’s notion of narrative identity, focusing on people as legal subjects. The article assumes that when legal subjects necessitate ethical engagement and evaluation, the law could cease to deal with problems in a mere legalistic fashion but is allowed the freedom to appeal to norms of justice external to itself as in other natural law theories. Through narrative identity the deeds of role players are to be understood in greater complexity than what a self-referential legal system is comfortable in dealing with.
topic	Law Identity Agency Niklas Luhmann Paul Ricoeur autopoiesis narrative complexity systems theory time causality
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Contrasting differences in identity and agency between narrative and autopoietic systems

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