01829nam a22002171  450000100060000000300080000600500170001400800410003103500190007203500180009104000470010904100080015608200220016410000340018624501550022026000360037530000290041150400350044050511210047565000150159634037BD-RjUL20211209052110.0140512s1968    nyu      b    001 0 eng d  a(BD-RjUL)34131  a(OCoLC)254604  aDLCcODaWUdOCoLCdPBfGdDLCdBD-RjULbeng  aeng00a301bPAS V-1 19681 aParsons, Talcott.d1902-1979.14aThe structure of social action :ba study in social theory with special reference to a group of recent European writers /c Talcott Parsons.nVolume I  aNew York :bFree Press,cc1968.  axxviii, 470 p. ;c23 cm.  aIncludes Bibliography & 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.