Essays in sociological theory.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Parsons, Talcott, 1902-1979
Corporate Author: Alexander Street (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Glencoe, Ill., Free Press [1954]
Edition:Rev. [i.e. 2d] ed.
Series:Social theory.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The role of ideas in social action (1938)
  • The professions and social structure (1939)
  • The motivation of economic activities (1940)
  • An analytical approach to the theory of social stratification (1940)
  • Age and sex in the social structure of the United States (1942)
  • Democracy and social structure in pre-Nazi Germany (1942)
  • Some sociological aspects of the fascist movements (1942)
  • Propaganda and social control (1942)
  • The kinship system of the contemporary United States (1943)
  • The theoretical development of the sociology of religion (1944)
  • The present position and prospects of systematic theory in sociology (1945)
  • The problem of controlled institutional change (1945)
  • Population and the social structure of Japan (1946)
  • Certain primary sources and patterns of aggression in the social structure of the Western world (1947)
  • Social classes and class conflict in the light of recent sociological theory (1949)
  • Psychoanalysis and the social structure (1950)
  • The prospects of sociological theory (1950)
  • A sociologist looks at the legal profession (1952)
  • A revised analytical approach to the theory of social stratification (1953).