Reintroducing Talcott Parsons
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Reintroducing Talcott Parsons

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Reintroducing Talcott Parsons

About this book

This book examines the contributions made by Talcott Parsons to sociology over the course of a career spanning half a century. Summarizing the development of Parsons' thought, it shows how his work on the conceptualization of the social world via the unifying structure of four functions—adaptation, goal-attainment, integration, and latent pattern maintenance (or AGIL)—can further the goal of explanation and understanding social phenomena. With attention to the contemporary and subsequent reception and adaptation of Parsons' work, its practical importance, and its continuing relevance to our understanding of the social world, Reintroducing Talcott Parsons will appeal to scholars and students of sociology with interests in social theory and the history of social thought.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9781040351208
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Sociology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half Title page
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Contents
  7. Illustrations
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. 1 Talcott Parsons: Setting the Stage
  10. 2 The Structure of Social Action
  11. 3 Functionalism and AGIL
  12. 4 Four Essays
  13. 5 Recent Applications of Parsons’ Thought: A Selection of Cases
  14. Bibliography
  15. Index

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