Talcott Parsons: An Intellectual BiographyCambridge University Press, 10 ต.ค. 2002 - 311 หน้า The American sociologist Talcott Parsons was often accused of being an overly abstract, even apolitical thinker, remote in Harvard's ivory tower. The controversial Parsons, in fact, emulated his mentor, the venerable Max Weber, in at least two respects: as a scholar he practised Wertfreiheit (scientific professionalism) and as a political activist he worked for the preservation and expansion of democracy. In this text, Uta Gerhardt traces this double commitment and links Parsons's scholarship to his politics. Utilizing rich archival material, she examines four periods in Parsons's intellectual life in the context of American history and society. From the New Deal and the rise of German fascism to the Second World War, through the McCarthy era and the Civil Rights movement, Parsons's overriding agenda was to develop both a sociological understanding and a defense of the development of modern democracy. |
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Understanding The Structure of Social Action | 1 |
The Long Shadow of Darwinism | 12 |
The Matter of Facts | 32 |
Summary | 51 |
What about Cultural Pessimism? | 53 |
Parsonss Sociology of National Socialism 19381945 | 58 |
The PreWar Period | 61 |
Before Pearl Harbor | 72 |
The Second Memorandum an Unpublished Book | 160 |
The Third Attempt | 167 |
Summary | 177 |
Becoming Politically Embattled Personally | 178 |
A New Agenda for Citizenship Parsonss Theory and American Society in the 1960s | 184 |
The New Perspective on Power and the Polity | 188 |
Understanding ValueCommitments | 210 |
The Generalized Symbolic Media and the Theory of Society | 215 |
The Year 1942 | 89 |
Toward VEDay | 105 |
Beyond Victory | 120 |
Summary | 126 |
The Harvard SocialScience War Effort and The Social System | 129 |
Some Scenarios in the War Effort of the Social Sciences at Harvard | 130 |
Parsonss Themes Connected with Harvards War Effort | 137 |
The War Effort Realized by Three of Parsonss Harvard Colleagues | 144 |
Parsonss Reaction to the Deployment of the Atom Bomb | 149 |
The Fate of Parsonss Memorandum Analyzing the War Effort of the Social Sciences | 153 |
The New Perspective on Integration and Democracy | 225 |
Introducing Societal Community | 231 |
Theory of Integration | 245 |
Summary | 260 |
The Three Arenas for Change and Crisis | 261 |
A Life of Scholarship for Democracy | 276 |
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