severance. See also boundary., 15, 19–20

sign, 95

social facts, 63

social system, 9–10, 18, 24, 32, 55, 87, 165

social systems theory, 4–6, 11–14, 24, 34, 177–179, 202–203

socialization, 2–3, 68, 122, 171

society, 3–5, 10, 16, 56, 61, 82, 111, 155–159, 166–169, 173–178, 181–203. See also segmented society; stratified society; centralized society; functional differentiation; world society

sociology, 5–7, 13, 24, 31, 38–40, 56, 65–66, 156–157, 164–165, 178–179, 182–183, 203, 205–207, 216

solidarity, 64, 174, 190

stratified society, 10, 194–196

structural coupling, 84

structure, 85

subjectivity. See also intersubjectivity., 60–67

success media. See symbolically generalized media

symbiotic mechanism, 148–149, 169

symbol, 21–23, 68–70, 79, 103, 121–122

symbolic interactionism, 40, 69–71, 87, 164

symbolically generalized media; success media. See also money; power; truth; love., 9, 95, 121–153, 200

sympathy, 70

synthesis, 8, 47

system. See also social system; psychic system; co-evolution; operational closure; connectivity; boundary., 18, 215

therapy;, 72–73

things, 19, 22, 94, 133.

truth. See also symbolically generalized media., 123, 139–140

uncertainty, 162

understanding. See also communication., 1–2, 8, 31, 37, 43–47, 63, 66–73, 80, 82–89, 129

utterance, 43, 47–48, 108

values, 39, 53, 203

variables. See datum, variable and constant

viability, 28, 38, 52

vocalization, 96–104

voice box, 103, 108, 111–116

world society, 54, 157–159, 176–177