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Download or read book Talcott Parsons Today written by A. Javier Treviño and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2001 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These ten essays reassess and continue Parson's work in sociology, weighing in on the controversies which continue to surround his thought. Topics include scientific paradigms and organizational culture, Weber's influence, complexity theory, functionalism, generalized symbolic media, the social community, and normative dilemmas. Contributors include scholars of sociology, communications, and behavioral science, from the North America, Europe, and Australia. c. Book News Inc.