International Journal on Minority and Group Rights. Том 10. 2003. С. 203-220
Two modern approaches to the cognition of society: The theory of actors’ networks of B. Latour and self-referential (authopoethic) theory of social of N.Luman are reviewed in the article. These approaches are not only original but also have a great and yet not developed heuristic potential for solving many problems of the origin of social.