Talcott Parsons Reader

Talcott Parsons has been one of the most influential American sociologists of the postwar period. Bryan Turner's selections from Parsons' work provide a comprehensive overview of his principal contributions and are grouped under the following subdivisions: religion and modern society; life, sex, and death; sociological theory; and American society and the world order.

These selections offer an exposition of the core features of Parsons' sociology and demonstrate his continuing relevance to critical issues today, including globalization, the place of American civilization in the world order, and the importance of sociological theory as an analysis of modern culture.

Author: Bryan S. Turner

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Publication Date: Jan 16, 1991

Number of Pages: 372 pages

Binding: Paperback or Softback

ISBN-10: 1557865442

ISBN-13: 9781557865441