Structure Social Action Study Theory by Parsons Talcott 1902 1979 (2 results)

PAPERBACK, very good, crisp white paper, smooth spine, recent digital reprint code on rear endpaper, stiff paper. black remainder stripe on top foredge. PARSONS, TALCOTT. The structure of social action: a study in social theory with special reference to a group of recent European writers. VOLUME ONE : Marshall, Pareto, Durkheim. New York, London: Free Press : Collier-Macmillan, 1968, more recent reprint of the 1968 paperback edition, xxviii, 470, xxxi-Lxv, . Series: Free Press paperback - With 10-page introduction to the paperback edition, 1968. - ONLY VOLUME ONE : Marshall, Pareto, Durkheim. 9780029242407 ISBN 0029242401.

Parsons, Talcott, 1902-1979. The structure of social action: a study in social theory with special reference to a group of recent European writers. Glencoe, Illinois: Free Press, 1949, second edition, A-F, xii, 817pp. 23 cm., good black cloth, spine worn and frayed at top and bottom, some pencil underlining on about 10 pages in Weber chapter, previous owner's label: Dr. Samuel Grob / Boston Globe obituary of Parsons laid in. Introductory - The theory of action - Some phases of the historical development of individualistic positivism in the theory of action - Alfred Marshall: wants and activities and the problem of the scope of economics - Vilfredo Pareto, I: the methodology and main analytical scheme - Vilfredo Pareto, II: extension and verification of the structural analysis - Vilfredo Pareto, III: empirical generalizations and conclusions - Emile Durkheim, I: early empirical work - Emile Durkheim, II: the methodology of sociologistic positivism - Emile Durkheim, III: the development of the theory of social control - Emile Durkheim, IV: the final phase: religion and epistemology - Summary of part II: the breakdown of the positivistic theory of action - The idealistic tradition - Max Weber, I: religion and modern capitalism, A. Protestantism and capitalism - Max Weber, II: religion and modern capitalism (continued), B. The comparative studies - Max Weber, III: methodology - Max Weber, IV: systematic theory - Empirically verified conclusions - Tentative methodological implications.