The Social Thought Of Talcott Parsons

Author : Uta Gerhardt
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317015517
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Social Thought of Talcott Parsons written by Uta Gerhardt and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-02-17 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Social Thought of Talcott Parsons offers an insightful new reading of the work of Talcott Parsons, keeping in view at once the important influences of Max Weber on his sociology and the central place occupied by methodology - which enables us to better understand the relationship between American and European social theory. Revealing American democracy and its nemesis, National Socialism in Germany as the basis of his theory of society, this book explores the debates in which Parsons was engaged throughout his life, with the Frankfurt School, C. Wright Mills and the young radicals among the "disobedient" student generation, as well as economism and utilitarianism in social theory; the opponents that Parsons confronted in the interests of humanism. In addition to revisiting Parsons' extensive oeuvre, Uta Gerhardt takes up themes in current research and theory - including social inequality, civic culture, and globalization - offering a fascinating demonstration of what the conceptual approaches of Parsons can accomplish today. Revealing methodology and the American ethos to be the cornerstones of Parsons' social thought, this book will appeal not only to those with interests in classical sociology - and who wish to fully understand what this 'classic' has to offer - but also to those who wish to make sociology answer to the problems of the society of the present.

Author : Talcott Parsons
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226647498
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Talcott Parsons on Institutions and Social Evolution written by Talcott Parsons and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1985-04-15 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering a diverse set of contributions to current social contracting research, this volume illustrates how social contracts necessarily underlie and facilitate all forms of capitalist production and exchange. The editors bring together novel contributions from fields as diverse as economics, evolutionary game theory, contract law, business ethics, moral philosophy and anthropology to offer multifaceted but subtly intertwined perspectives on fundamental questions concerning human cooperation.

Author : Jeffrey C. Alexander
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317808606
Total Pages : 598 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Modern Reconstruction of Classical Thought written by Jeffrey C. Alexander and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-03 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume the author maintains that sociology must learn to combine the insights of both Durkheim and Marx and that it can only do so on the presuppositional ground that Weber set forth. Alexander maintains that the idealist and materialist traditions must be transformed into analytic dimensions of multidimensional and synthetic theory. This volume focusses on the writing of Talcott Parsons, the only modern thinker who can be considered a true peer of the classical founders, and examines his own profoundly ambivalent attempt to carry out this analytic transformation.

Author : Renee C. Fox
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN 13 : 1610442156
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book After Parsons written by Renee C. Fox and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 2005-08-25 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Esteemed twentieth-century sociologist Talcott Parsons sought to develop a comprehensive and coherent scheme for sociology that could be applied to every society and historical epoch, and address every aspect of human social organization and culture. His theory of social action has exerted enormous influence across a wide range of social science disciplines. After Parsons, edited by Renée Fox, Victor Lidz, and Harold Bershady, provides a critical reexamination of Parsons' theory in light of historical changes in the world and advances in sociological thought since his death. After Parsons is a fresh examination of Parsons' theoretical undertaking, its significance for social scientific thought, and its implications for present-day empirical research. The book is divided into four parts: Social Institutions and Social Processes; Societal Community and Modernization; Sociology and Culture; and the Human Condition. The chapters deal with Parsons' notions of societal community, societal evolution, and modernization and modernity. After Parsons addresses major themes of enduring relevance, including social differentiation and cultural diversity, social solidarity, universalism and particularism, and trust and affect in social life. The contributors explore these topics in a wide range of social institutions—family and kinship, economy, polity, the law, medicine, art, and religion—and within the context of contemporary developments such as globalization, the power of the United States as an "empireless empire," the emergence of forms of fundamentalism, the upsurge of racial, tribal, and ethnic conflicts, and the increasing occurence of deterministic and positivistic thought. Rather than simply celebrating Parsons and his accomplishments, the contributors to After Parsons rethink and reformulate his ideas to place them on more solid foundations, extend their scope, and strengthen their empirical insights. After Parsons constitutes the work of a distinguished roster of American and European sociologists who find Parsons' theory of action a valuable resource for addressing contemporary issues in sociological theory. All of the essays in this volume take elements of Parsons' theory and critique, adapt, refine, or extend them to gain fresh purchase on problems that confront sociologists today.

Author : Talcott Parsons
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 844 pages
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Download or read book Theories of Society written by Talcott Parsons and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Garrison Lane
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781548581268
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Social Thought of Talcott Parsons written by Garrison Lane and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In addition to revisiting Parsons' extensive oeuvre, Uta Gerhardt takes up themes in current research and theory including social inequality, civic culture, and globalization offering a fascinating demonstration of what the conceptual approaches of Parsons can accomplish today. Revealing methodology and the American ethos to be the cornerstones of Parsons' social thought, this book will appeal not only to those with interests in classical sociology and who wish to fully understand what this 'classic' has to offer but also to those who wish to make sociology answer to the problems of the society of the present.

Author : Helmut Michael Staubmann
Publisher : SAGE Publications, Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781412997850
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Social Thought of Talcott Parsons written by Helmut Michael Staubmann and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 2015-09-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Talcott Parsons
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317263758
Total Pages : 889 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Society written by Talcott Parsons and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-11-17 with total page 889 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Never before published, American Society is the product of Talcott Parsons' last major theoretical project. Completed just a few weeks before his death, this is Parsons' promised 'general book on American society'. It offers a systematic presentation and revision of Parson's landmark theoretical positions on modernity and the possibility of objective sociological knowledge. Even after the passage of many years, American Society imparts a remarkably provocative interpretation of US society and a creative approach to social theory.

Author : A. Javier Trevino
Publisher : Pine Forge Press
ISBN 13 : 1412993938
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Social Thought of C. Wright Mills written by A. Javier Trevino and published by Pine Forge Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aimed at a generation of students and activists who have probably encountered very little of his work, this is a thoughtful and engaging exploration of the critical social thought of C. Wright Mills.

Author : Talcott Parsons
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226092379
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Early Essays written by Talcott Parsons and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1991-08-07 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Heritage of Sociology.In his superb introductory essay, Camic situates Parson's early writings in their sociointellectual and biographical context. Drawing upon extensive historical research, he identifies three overlapping but relatively distinct thematic phases in the early development of Parson's ideas: that on capitalist society and its origins, that on the historical development of the theory of action, and that on the foundations of analytical sociology. Reproducing in full each of twenty-one selections, this volume charts the changes and continuities in the early development of some of Parson's most fundamental ideas.