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Talcott Parsons has been one of the most influential American sociologists of the postwar period. Bryan Turnera s selections from Parsonsa 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 Parsonsa 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.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Sociology & anthropology Sociology

• Full title: Talcott Parsons Reader
• Author: Bryan S. Turner
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 372
• EAN: 9781557865441
• ISBN: 1557865442
• ID: 05081199
• Publisher: Basil Blackwell Inc, US
• Weight: 734 g
• Dimensions: 252 × 180 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. January 1999

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