The Talcott Parsons reader / edited by Bryan S. Turner.
The Talcott Parsons reader / edited by Bryan S. Turner.
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Malden, Mass ; Oxford, U.K. : Blackwell, 1999.
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1999.
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N301/272
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English
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vii, 360 p. ; 26 cm.
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Introduction: The Contribution of Talcott Parsons to the Study of Modernity -- I. Religion and Modern Society. 1. Christianity and Modern Industrial Society. 2. Belief, Unbelief, and Disbelief. 3. Religious Symbolization and Death. 4. The Symbolic Environment of Modern Economies -- II. Life, Sex, an...
16. Religion in Postindustrial America: The Problem of Secularization -- Bibliography of Talcott Parsons -- Selected Bibliography (in English) on the Sociology of Talcott Parsons.
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Malden, Mass ; Oxford, U.K. : Blackwell, 1999.
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Massachusetts
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1999.
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"Talcott Parsons has been one of the most influential American sociologists of the post-war period, but he has also been widely criticized for, among other things, the alleged conservatism of his structural functionalist theory. Bryan Turner's selections from Parson's work provide a comprehensive overview of his principal contributions and are grou...
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The Talcott Parsons reader / edited by Bryan S. Turner.
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Blackwell readers.
Includes bibliographical references (p.321-336) and index.
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1557865442 (pbk.)
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1557865434 (hbk.)
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301
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991013078949702626
