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(2013) Luhmann observed, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.
The autopoietic fold
critical autopoiesis between Luhmann and Deleuze
Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos
pp. 60-81
The following is an experiment: what happens when the system folds into the system, environment into environment, and autopoiesis into autopoiesis? I hope to show that, more than mere duplication, the process of folding gives rise to an infinity of repetition, in its turn generating a proliferation of autopoiesis. Deleuze folded in Luhmann, Luhmann folded in Deleuze. The folding does not displace the theories but allows them to go further into their own folds and deepen their immanence. To fold is nothing more than to push the theory deeper into its creative potential while at the same time bringing it to an encounter with a radical outside. The theory confronting the theory.
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Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos, A. (2013)., The autopoietic fold: critical autopoiesis between Luhmann and Deleuze, in A. La Cour & A. Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos (eds.), Luhmann observed, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 60-81.
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