Karl Emil Maximilian "Max" Weber (21 April 1864 – 14 June 1920) was a German sociologist and political economist who profoundly influenced social theory, social research and the discipline of sociology itself. A key proponent of methodological antipositivism, which presents sociology as a non-empiricist field which must study social action through interpretive means based upon understanding the meaning and purpose that individuals attach to their own actions, Weber is often cited, with Émile Durkheim and Karl Marx, as one of the three principal architects of modern social science.  Weber was also highly influential with his thesis in economic sociology, elaborated in his book The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, that ascetic Protestantism was one of the major "elective affinities" associated with the rise of capitalism, bureaucracy and the rational-legal nation-state in the Western world. Against Marx's "historical materialism," Weber emphasised the importance, for understanding the development of capitalism, of cultural influences embedded in religion.   The Protestant Ethic formed the earliest part in Weber's broader investigation into the sociology of religion. Begun as a series of essays, the original German text was composed in 1904.It is considered a founding text in economic sociology and sociology in general.

Karl Emil Maximilian "Max" Weber (21 April 1864 – 14 June 1920) was a German sociologist and political economist who profoundly influenced social theory, social research and the discipline of sociology itself. A key proponent of methodological antipositivism, which presents sociology as a non-empiricist field which must study social action through interpretive means based upon understanding the meaning and purpose that individuals attach to their own actions, Weber is often cited, with Émile Durkheim and Karl Marx, as one of the three principal architects of modern social science.  Weber was also highly influential with his thesis in economic sociology, elaborated in his book The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, that ascetic Protestantism was one of the major "elective affinities" associated with the rise of capitalism, bureaucracy and the rational-legal nation-state in the Western world. Against Marx's "historical materialism," Weber emphasised the importance, for understanding the development of capitalism, of cultural influences embedded in religion.   The Protestant Ethic formed the earliest part in Weber's broader investigation into the sociology of religion. Begun as a series of essays, the original German text was composed in 1904.It is considered a founding text in economic sociology and sociology in general.

Product Description: Talcott Parsons needs little introduction to anyone acquainted with the literature of sociology. Few men have dominated their fields so much as Dr. Parsons does his. In this collection of nineteen essays, Dr. Parsons focuses his attention on subjects ranging from the social structure of Japan to propaganda and social control, from sociological aspects of Fascist movements to the place of psychoanalysis in society...read more

Product Description: A Collection of essays which studies the theoretical problem of relationships between social structure and personality, and how these different relationships merit distinct treatment for particular purposes. Parsons concludes that in the larger picture, their interdependencies are so intimate that bringing them together in an interpretive synthesis is imperative if a balanced understanding of the complex as a whole is to be attained...read more

Product Description: EL sistema social, una de las máximas elaboraciones teóricas de Talcott Parsons, constituye una síntesis plenamente representativa de su pensamiento, expuesta con gran rigor conceptual y elevado nivel de abstracción. Su propósito explícito es «reunir en forma sistemática y generalizada los elementos principales de un esque...read more

Product Description: Never before published, American Society is the product of Talcott Parsons's last major theory-building project. During the 1970s, Parsons worked persistently to fulfill his earlier promise to produce "a general book on American society"...read more

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Analysis of the processes of child personality development and the relationship between small group and family organization provides insight into the position of the American family in the general social structure

Product Description: First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Product Description: With the publication in 1937 of his first book, The Structure of Social Action, Talcott Parsons (1902-79) established himself as one of America's most important social theorists. Yet Parsons's essays from the decade preceding 1937 are virtually unknown to theorists and historians of sociology...read more

Product Description: In the hope of provoking discussion among sociologists, psychologists, philosophers, and psychiatrists interested in social theory, the authors have made available here a set of working papers which constitute an attempt to develop more intensively a systematic theory of action...read more

Product Description: 1. Vorbemerkung Dieser Band bildet den Anschlug an die vorangegangene Aufsatz 1 Sammlung Talcott Parsons' zur Theorie sozialer Systeme . Wahrend es sich bei dem friiheren Band urn einige der wichtigsten Beitrage Parsons' zur soziologischen Systemtheorie handelt, stellen die folgen den vier Aufsatze den theoretisch originarsten und bedeutsamsten Beitrag zur sozialwissenschaftlichen Theoriebildung iiberhaupt dar, den Parsons in den letzten fiinfzehn J ahren entwickelt hat? Worum handelt es sich bei diesen "sozialen Interaktions-Me dien"? Auf den ersten Blick geht es urn die Analyse der Phanomene "Geld," "Macht," "Einflug" und "Wertbindung...read more

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Product Description: 1. Vorbemerkung Dieser Band vereinigt eine Reihe von grundlegenden Aufsatzen Tal cott Parsons' zur Theorie der Sozialsysteme. Diese Aufsatze geben zwar nur einen kleinen Ausschnitt aus dem Gesamtwerk von Parsons wieder. Dabei handelt es sich allerdings urn den wichtigsten und grundlegendsten Teil, ohne dessen Kenntnis eine Beurteilung der Theorie Parsons' iiberhaupt nicht moglich ist...read more

Product Description: A study in social theory with special reference to a group of recent European writers.