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Talcott Parsons

 
9781333267865: Toward a General Theory of Action (Classic Reprint)

Synopsis

Discover a bold, interdisciplinary framework that explains how actions arise from the interplay of personality, social structures, and shared norms. This influential work presents a general theory of action that integrates psychology, sociology, and anthropology to illuminate how people interact, form roles, and contribute to social order.

The book traces its development through a collaborative process, detailing how researchers from multiple disciplines synthesized ideas to outline a coherent theory. It emphasizes how individual motives, role expectations, and social mechanisms shape behavior while maintaining the stability of social systems. Readers will encounter clear discussions of how socialization and social control keep groups in balance, and how changes in one part of the system can ripple through the whole.

  • Foundational concepts for understanding action, motivation, and social structure
  • Connections between personality development, role expectations, and social institutions
  • An integrated view of socialization, social control, and system equilibrium
  • A broad, cross-disciplinary approach grounded in psychology, sociology, and anthropology

Ideal for readers of social science who want a comprehensive, accessible map of how human behavior fits into larger social processes.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

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