Author : Talcott Parsons
Release : 1991-08-07
Genre : Social Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 379/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Early Essays by : Talcott Parsons
Download or read book The Early Essays written by Talcott Parsons. This book was released on 1991-08-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Heritage of Sociology.In his superb introductory essay, Camic situates Parson's early writings in their sociointellectual and biographical context. Drawing upon extensive historical research, he identifies three overlapping but relatively distinct thematic phases in the early development of Parson's ideas: that on capitalist society and its origins, that on the historical development of the theory of action, and that on the foundations of analytical sociology. Reproducing in full each of twenty-one selections, this volume charts the changes and continuities in the early development of some of Parson's most fundamental ideas.