THE SYNERGISTIC NEXUS: SOCIOLOGY'S PRACTICAL INFLUENCE ON SOCIAL WORK

Authors

  • Dr. Anna Katharina Becker Cooperative University Gera-Eisenach, Campus Gera, Weg der Freundschaft 4, D-07546 Gera, Germany
  • Prof. Thomas Heinrich Müller Cooperative University Gera-Eisenach, Campus Gera, Weg der Freundschaft 4, D-07546 Gera, Germany

Keywords:

Sociology and social work, systems theory, function system and profession, self-description and outside description

Abstract

This article redefines some aspects of the relationship between practical social work and the scientific discipline of sociology based on Niklas Luhmann‘s sociological systems theory. After clarifying the social system context of social work, the article focuses on the distinction between self-description and outside description and asks whether social work needs a critical perspective.

Published

2023-06-12

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 2 (2023)

Section

Articles
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