Talcott Parsons Today His Theory and Legacy in Contemporary Sociology,9780742509573

Talcott Parsons Today His Theory and Legacy in Contemporary Sociology

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ISBN13: 9780742509573
ISBN10: 0742509575
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2001-08-14
Publisher(s): Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Summary

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 most importantly, it makes a significant contribution to the current controversy surrounding an important sociological figure.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Foreword xi
Neil J. Smelser
Introduction: The Theory and Legacy of Talcott Parsons xv
A. Javier Trevino
Parsons and Simmel at Harvard: Scientific Paradigms and Organizatioal Culture
1(28)
Lawrence T. Nichols
The Place of Max Weber in the Post-Structure Writings of Talcott Parsons
29(32)
William J. Buxton
David Rehorick
Elias and Parsons: Two Transformations of the Problem-Historical Method
61(18)
Bruce C. Wearne
Parsons's Second Project: The Social System---Sources, Development, and Limitations
79(6)
Bernard Barber
Social Systems and Complexity Theory
85(16)
Bryan S. Turner
Can Functionalism Be Saved?
101(28)
Jonathan H. Turner
Networks and Systems
129(12)
Stephan Fuchs
Language and the ``Family'' of Generalized Symbolic Media
141(36)
Victor Lidz
Parsons's Analysis of the Societal Community
177(46)
Uta Gerhardt
Empirical Sociological Theory and the Resolution of Normative Dilemmas
223(24)
Mark Gould
Index 247(10)
About the Contributors 257

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