Talcott Parsons, Giuseppe Sciortino

American Society

Toward a Theory of Societal Community

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 542
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 776g
• ISBN-13: 9781594512285
• ISBN-10: 1594512280
• Artikelnr.: 32844806

Autorenporträt

Parsons, Talcott; Sciortino, Giuseppe

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
by Giuseppe Sciortino
Foreword
by Jeffrey C. Alexander
Introduction: The Action of Social Structure
by Giuseppe Sciortino
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 The Societal Community and Its Environments
Chapter 3 Some Highlights of the Historical Background
Chapter 4 Values and Other Structural Features of the Societal Community
Chapter 5 Some Substantive Structures of the Emerging Societal Community
Chapter 6 Social Class as Axis of Cleavage-Integration
Chapter 7 The Gemeinschaft Complex in American Society I: Ethnicity
Chapter 8 The Gemeinschaft Complex II: Kinship
Religion
Style of Life
Education
Chapter 9 Communication and Collective Decision Making: The Mass Media and the Political Process (Three Fragments)
Chapter 10 Individuality and Institutionalized Individualism
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Editor