..." a brilliant study of the psychological conditions which made possible the development of capitalist civilization."--"The New Republic
This brilliant study--the author's best-known and most controversial work--opposes the Marxist concept of dialectical materialism and its view that change tak[...]
The American sociologist Talcott Parsons was often accused of being an overly abstract, even apolitical thinker, remote in Harvard's ivory tower. The controversial Parsons, in fact, emulated his mentor, the venerable Max Weber, in at least two respects: as a scholar he practised Wertfreiheit (scient[...]
Talcott Parsons Today offers a reappraisal-and extension-of the work of the most significant and influential twentieth-century sociologist. The volume consists of original essays by prominent Parsons scholars from the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and Germany. Finally, and mo[...]
Talcott Parsons (1902-1979) is one of the most influential and best-known sociologists of the past century. This introduction dwells on Parsons' conceptual apparatus and offers a compendium of his research. His works are subdivided into three distinct periods, each characterized by specific concepts[...]
The authors of this work enunciate principles that are at the core of contemporary social science preoccupations, including the precarious balance between social integration and conflict. This edition includes the collaborative group's introductory statement.[...]
'In this remarkable collection of essays, Holton and Turner demonstrate that Parsonian sociology addresses the most central problems of our time - issues of sickness and health, power and inequality, the nature of capitalism and its possible alternatives. They develop a mature and original perspecti[...]
Talcott Parsons has been one of the most influential American sociologists of the postwar period. Bryan Turnera s selections from Parsonsa work provide a comprehensive overview of his principal contributions and are grouped under the following subdivisions: religion and modern society; life, sex, a[...]
One of the great ironies in contemporary sociology of law is that despite Talcott Parsons's enormously influential role as "the midwife of modern sociology," coupled with his three decades of focused and sustained analysis of the legal system's location in a total and complex society, it is nothing [...]