In another work, this man adapted Tonnies' Geminschaft/Gesellschaft axis into a method of describing choices, which he called "pattern variables.
This man warned against both communism and fascism in a work in which he also drew connections between collectivism and religious fundamentalism, "A Tentative Outline of American Values." In another work, this man adapted Tonnies' Geminschaft/Gesellschaft axis into a method of describing choices, which he called "pattern variables." In a more famous work, he described a tool for conducting sociology which could be applied to any level of society, the AGIL Paradigm. This author of Toward a General Theory of Action, integrated Pareto and Weber in his first work, and founded structural functionalism. For 10 points, name this author of The Social System and The Structure of Social Action.
This man warned against both communism and fascism in a work in which he also drew connections between collectivism and religious fundamentalism, "A Tentative Outline of American Values."
Talcott {Parsons}