Talcott Parsons, Giuseppe Sciortino

American Society (eBook, PDF)

Toward a Theory of Societal Community

• Format: PDF

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 537
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. November 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317263760
• Artikelnr.: 49353459

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
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