Actor, Situation and Normative Pattern: An Essay in the Theory of Social Action

ISBN-13: 9783825875008 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 184 str.

Talcott Parsons;Victor Lidz;Helmut Staubmann

Opis

Written in 1939, this volume represents the first systematic revision of Parson's theory of action following the publication of The Structure of Social Action. It presents the distinctions among cognitive, affective, and moral dimensions of action systems that later were incorporated in The Social System. It also presents Parson's first formulations in functional theory.

O autorze

Talcott Parsons was one of most influential but also controversial theorists of 20th Century sociology. He served on the faculty of Harvard University for 45 years.