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The Origin of the Property and its Legitimation: A Historical Overview

Authors

  • Niklas Luhmann University of Bielefeld

Abstract

In this paper Niklas Luhmann propounds to describe the property in consideration of the operation form of the functional differentiation society. Description than debates with those semantics that explained the property problem as a political or legal problem, or as a bourgeoisie ideology product. According to Luhmann, the property is the basal attribute of the economy system, that is a functional differentiation system, oriented by its own code and programs. Precisely, this autonomy make possible the property as a legal concept, or as a politic decisions motivation. In this approach, the property problem can no longer be a explanatory basis of the society, but, the property must be understood within the scope of a Social Systems’ General Theory.

Keywords:

Social system, Semantics, Property, Economy, Law