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Tables of Contents for Talcott Parsons Today
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
ix
 
Foreword
xi
 
Neil J. Smelser
Introduction: The Theory and Legacy of Talcott Parsons
xv
 
A. Javier Trevino
Parsons and Simmel at Harvard: Scientific Paradigms and Organizatioal Culture
1
28
Lawrence T. Nichols
The Place of Max Weber in the Post-Structure Writings of Talcott Parsons
29
32
William J. Buxton
David Rehorick
Elias and Parsons: Two Transformations of the Problem-Historical Method
61
18
Bruce C. Wearne
Parsons's Second Project: The Social System---Sources, Development, and Limitations
79
6
Bernard Barber
Social Systems and Complexity Theory
85
16
Bryan S. Turner
Can Functionalism Be Saved?
101
28
Jonathan H. Turner
Networks and Systems
129
12
Stephan Fuchs
Language and the ``Family'' of Generalized Symbolic Media
141
36
Victor Lidz
Parsons's Analysis of the Societal Community
177
46
Uta Gerhardt
Empirical Sociological Theory and the Resolution of Normative Dilemmas
223
24
Mark Gould
Index
247
10
About the Contributors
257