01780nam a2200217 a 450000100060000000300080000600500170001400800410003103500190007203500180009104000290010904100080013808200230014610000210016924501430019026000390033330000170037250400370038950511210042665000150154733126BD-RjUL20211209051942.0170123s1968    nyu      b    001 0 eng d  a(BD-RjUL)33217  a(OCoLC)254604  aDLCcODaWUdBD-RjULbeng  aeng00a301bPAS  19682231 aParsons, Talcott14aThe structure of social action :ba study in social theory with special reference to a group of recent European writers /cTalcott Parsons  aNew York :bThe Free Press,c1968.  aV. ;c23 cm.  aIncludes Bibliography and Index.0 aIntroductory -- The theory of action -- Some phases of the historical development of individualistic positivism in the theory of action -- Alfred Marshall : wants and activities and the problem of the scope of economics -- Vilfredo Pareto, I : the methodology and main analytical scheme -- Vilfredo Pareto, II : extension and verification of the structural analysis -- Vilfredo Pareto, III : empirical generalizations and conclusions -- Émile Durkheim, I : early empirical work -- Émile Durkheim, II : the methodology of sociologistic positivism -- Émile Durkheim, III : the development of the theory of social control -- Émile Durkheim, IV : the final phase : religion and epistemology -- Summary of part II : the breakdown of the positivistic theory of action -- The idealistic tradition -- Max Weber, I : religion and modern capitalism, A. Protestantism and capitalism -- Max Weber, II : religion and modern capitalism (continued), B. The comparative studies -- Max Weber, III : methodology -- Max Weber, IV : systematic theory -- Empirically verified conclusions -- Tentative methodological implications. 0aSociology.