American Society (The Yale Cultural Sociology) - Softcover

Parsons, Talcott; Sciortino, Giuseppe

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1594512280 ISBN 13: 9781594512285

Publisher: Routledge, 2011

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Talcott Parsons (1902–1979) was the eminent Harvard sociologist who sought to integrate all the social sciences into a science of human action. Among his influential books are The Structure of Social Action and Politics and Social Structure.

Review:

“This book demonstrates how Parsons attempted to develop a framework applicable to concrete situations. ... [American Society] helps remind readers how Parsonian structural functional can be used to illuminate how social crisis can be overcome. Recommended.”
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About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1594512280
• ISBN 13: 9781594512285
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 540