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Talcott Parsons

American sociologist
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Born:
Dec. 13, 1902, Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.
Died:
May 8, 1979, Munich, West Germany (aged 76)
Subjects Of Study:
social structure
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Talcott Parsons (born Dec. 13, 1902, Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.—died May 8, 1979, Munich, West Germany) was an American sociologist and scholar whose theory of social action influenced the intellectual bases of several disciplines of modern sociology. His work is concerned with a general theoretical system for the analysis of society rather than with narrower empirical studies. He is credited with having introduced the work of Max Weber and Vilfredo Pareto to American sociology. After receiving his B.A. from Amherst College in 1924, Parsons studied at the London School of Economics and at the University of Heidelberg, where he received ...(100 of 390 words)

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