The Structure of Social Action
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The Structure of Social Action is a foundational sociological work by Talcott Parsons that synthesizes and systematizes classical social theory into a comprehensive framework of social action and order.
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| The Structure of Social Action canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
book
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sociology book ⓘ theoretical work ⓘ |
| academicStatus | foundational text in sociological theory ⓘ |
| addresses |
problem of social order
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relationship between individual and society ⓘ |
| author | Talcott Parsons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralThesis |
social action is oriented by norms and values
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social order is based on shared normative frameworks ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
behaviorism
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positivism ⓘ utilitarianism ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| developsConcept |
action frame of reference
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means-ends schema ⓘ normative order ⓘ social system ⓘ unit act ⓘ value-orientation ⓘ |
| discipline | sociology ⓘ |
| field |
social theory
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sociological theory ⓘ |
| firstEditionYear | 1937 ⓘ |
| genre | academic non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Volume I
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Volume II ⓘ |
| hasReputation | complex and highly systematic work ⓘ |
| historicalContext | interwar period ⓘ |
| includedIn | Parsonsian sociology ⓘ |
| influenced |
American sociology
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structural functionalism ⓘ systems theory in sociology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Alfred Marshall
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German idealism ⓘ Max Weber NERFINISHED ⓘ Vilfredo Pareto NERFINISHED ⓘ classical economics ⓘ Émile Durkheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
social order
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theory of social action ⓘ voluntaristic theory of action ⓘ |
| proposes | voluntaristic theory of action ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1937 ⓘ |
| publisher | McGraw-Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theoreticalApproach |
action theory
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normative theory ⓘ |
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