Social Action Systems: Foundation and Synthesis in Sociological Theory

by Thomas J. Fararo

Fararo studies general theoretical sociology as a time-extended tradition with three phases: classical, postclassical, and recent. Employing a process philosophical approach, the author seeks to examine these three phases in an effort to provide a synthesis of the theories that seek to lay the foundations of theoretical sociology. The author especially focuses on the work of Talcott Parsons and George Homans, two contemporary theorists whose common...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 027597362X
• ISBN13: 9780275973629
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.6"