Talcott Parsons

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academic human sociologist theorist

Talcott Parsons was a prominent American sociologist best known for developing structural functionalism and influential grand theories of social systems and action.

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Talcott Parsons canonical	17

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic ⓘ human ⓘ sociologist ⓘ theorist ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1902-12-13 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1979-05-08 ⓘ
educatedAt	Amherst College ⓘ London School of Economics ⓘ Ruprecht Karls University Heidelberg ⓘ surface form: University of Heidelberg
employer	Harvard University ⓘ
familyName	Parsons ⓘ
fieldOfWork	social theory ⓘ sociology ⓘ structural functionalism ⓘ systems theory ⓘ theory of social action ⓘ
givenName	Talcott ⓘ
influenced	Jeffrey Alexander ⓘ Jürgen Habermas ⓘ Niklas Luhmann ⓘ Robert K. Merton ⓘ
influencedBy	Alfred Marshall ⓘ Max Weber ⓘ Vilfredo Pareto ⓘ Émile Durkheim ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	Harvard University Department of Sociology ⓘ surface form: Harvard Department of Sociology
movement	structural functionalism ⓘ
notableIdea	functional prerequisites of social systems ⓘ pattern variables ⓘ sick role ⓘ social system ⓘ
notableWork	Economy and Society ⓘ Structure and Process in Modern Societies ⓘ The Social System ⓘ The Structure of Social Action ⓘ Toward a General Theory of Action ⓘ Working Papers in the Theory of Action ⓘ
occupation	sociologist ⓘ university professor ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Colorado Springs, Colorado ⓘ surface form: Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
placeOfDeath	Munich ⓘ surface form: Munich, Bavaria, West Germany
positionHeld	professor of sociology at Harvard University ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Helen Bancroft Walker ⓘ
theory	AGIL paradigm ⓘ action theory ⓘ systems theory of society ⓘ

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Gabriel A. Almond → influencedBy → Talcott Parsons ⓘ

David Easton → influencedBy → Talcott Parsons ⓘ

Max Weber → influenced → Talcott Parsons ⓘ

Robert N. Bellah → doctoralAdvisor → Talcott Parsons ⓘ

Robert N. Bellah → influencedBy → Talcott Parsons ⓘ

Émile Durkheim → influenced → Talcott Parsons ⓘ

The Theory of Communicative Action → influencedBy → Talcott Parsons ⓘ

Axel Honneth → influencedBy → Talcott Parsons ⓘ

Isidore Marie Auguste François Xavier Comte → influenced → Talcott Parsons ⓘ

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Ann Swidler → influencedBy → Talcott Parsons ⓘ

Farrar, Straus and Giroux → hasPublished → Talcott Parsons ⓘ

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The Elementary Forms of Religious Life → influenced → Talcott Parsons ⓘ

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The Mind and Society → influenced → Talcott Parsons ⓘ