Talcott Parsons

by Uta Gerhardt

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521810221
• ISBN13: 9780521810227
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"