This man's first work major analyzes Werner Sombart's view of capitalism and criticizes Hobbes' treatment of the problem of order, while one of his theories posits instrumental and expressive dimensions to society.
This man's first work major analyzes Werner Sombart's view of capitalism and criticizes Hobbes' treatment of the problem of order, while one of his theories posits instrumental and expressive dimensions to society. The author of Religious Perspectives of College Teaching and The Negro American, he used the word "gloss" to describe a consensus reality, and created an Axis of Social Stratification containing ascription and achievement. Known for developing pattern variables and the A-G-I-L Paradigm, he sought to create a unifying "action theory" of human agency in works such as Structure and Progress in Modern Societies and The Social System. FTP, identify this developer of structural functionalism, who may be best known for The Structure of Social Action.
This man's first work major analyzes Werner Sombart's view of capitalism and criticizes Hobbes' treatment of the problem of order, while one of his theories posits instrumental and expressive dimensions to society.
Talcott {Parsons}