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Talcott Parsons

An Intellectual Biography

Talcott Parsons( )
Author: Gerhardt, Uta
ISBN:978-0-521-17458-9
Publication Date:Mar 2011
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $40.99
Book Description:

The American sociologist Talcott Parsons was often accused of being an overly abstract, even apolitical thinker, remote in Harvard's ivory tower. Uta Gerhardt dispels this image in her fascinating account of the political nature of Parsons's life and scholarship. Gerhardt shows us Parsons as a champion of American society and democracy. In this respect he followed the lead of his venerable mentor Max Weber. Parsons's work, Gerhardt argues, was driven by an overriding agenda to develop...
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Book Details
Pages:334
Detailed Subjects: Social Science / Sociology / General
Biography & Autobiography / Social Scientists & Psychologists
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.928 x 8.931 x 0.741 Inches
Book Weight:1.08 Pounds



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