Talcott Parsons: Theorist of Modernity: 8 (Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society) - Softcover

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9780803985148: Talcott Parsons: Theorist of Modernity: 8 (Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society)
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ISBN 10: 0803985142 ISBN 13: 9780803985148
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 1991

Synopsis

This volume offers a reappraisal of Parsons′ work by leading social theorists, who place his writing at the centre of current controversies over modernity, postmodernity and globalization. The wide-ranging discussion encompasses Parsons′ value commitments and his place in American social theory, the problems of interpreting his work today, his conception of world history, and the contemporary neofunctionalist movement. Parsons′ own work is represented by a previously neglected essay on American values that is central to an understanding of his analysis of modernization.

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About the Authors

Roland Robertson is Professor of Sociology at the University of Pittsburgh. His books include International Systems and the Modernization of Societies (with J P Nettl, 1968) The Sociological Interpretation of Religion (1970) Meaning and Change: Explorations in the Cultural Sociology of Modern Societies (1978), Religion and Global Order (co-edited with William R Garrett, 1991) and Talcott Parsons: Theorist of Modernity (co-edited with Bryan S Turner

Bryan S. Turner is Professor of Sociology in the Asian Research Institute (ARI) at the National University of Singapore. Previously he was Professor of Sociology in the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Cambridge from 1998-2005. His research interests include globalization and religion, concentrating on such issues as religious conflict and the modern state, religious authority and electronic information, religious, consumerism and youth cultures, human rights and religion, the human body, medical change, and religious cosmologies. He is Joint Chief Editor of the journal Citizenship Studies and serves on the editorial boards of several prestigious journals.

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Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd
Publication date
1991
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0803985142
ISBN 13 
9780803985148
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
272
Editor
Robertson Roland, Turner Bryan S

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