Talcott Parsons

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1927-1973

Sociology and Social Relations

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States

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Talcott Parsons (13 December 1902 – 8 May 1979) was an American sociologist of the classical tradition, best known for his social action theory and structural functionalism. Parsons is considered one of the most influential figures in sociology in the 20th century. After earning a PhD in economics, he served on the faculty at Harvard University from 1927 to 1929. In 1930, he was among the first professors in its new sociology department. Later, he was instrumental in the establishment of the Department of Social Relations at Harvard.

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Parents

Karl Mannheim	grad student	1927	University of Heidelberg (Neurotree)
(Dissertation committee member)
Edgar Salin	grad student	1927	University of Heidelberg (Neurotree)
(Dissertation chair)
Alfred Weber	grad student	1927	University of Heidelberg
(Dissertation committee member)

Children

Kingsley Davis	research assistant	1936	Harvard
Robert K. Merton	grad student	1936	Harvard
Wilbert E. Moore	grad student	1940	Harvard (Neurotree)
Marion J. Levy	grad student	1948	Harvard
Alfred DuPont Chandler	grad student	1952	Harvard (History of History Tree)
Harold Garfinkel	grad student	1952	Harvard
Renée C Fox	grad student	1954	Radcliffe College
Robert N. Bellah	grad student	1955	Harvard
Morris Zelditch	grad student	1955	Harvard
Clifford Geertz	grad student	1956	Harvard (Writing Studies Tree)
Edward A. Tiryakian	grad student	1956	Harvard
Eugene V Schneider	grad student	1957	Harvard
Joseph Berger	grad student	1958	Harvard
Neil Smelser	grad student	1958	Harvard
Ezra F. Vogel	grad student	1958	Harvard
Frank Bonilla	grad student	1959	Harvard
Pierre van den Berghe	grad student	1960	Harvard
Edward O. Laumann	grad student	1964	Harvard
Leon Mayhew	grad student	1964	Harvard
Wei-ming Tu	grad student	1968	Harvard (Philosophy Tree)
Jean Lipman-Blumen	grad student	1970	Harvard (Neurotree)

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Parsons T, Fox R. (2010) Illness, Therapy and the Modern Urban American Family Journal of Social Issues. 8: 31-44
Parsons T. (1998) The “fragment” on Simmel [from draft Chapter XVIII (structure of social action): Georg Simmel and Ferdinand Toennies: Social relationships and the elements of action] The American Sociologist. 29: 21-30
Buxton W, Gerhardt U, Gerhardt U, et al. (1994) Talcott Parsons on National Socialism. Social Forces. 19: 425
Parsons T. (1990) Prolegomena to a Theory of Social Institutions American Sociological Review. 55: 319
Orru M, Holton RJ, Turner BS, et al. (1988) Talcott Parsons on Economy and Society@@@The Integration of Economic and Sociological Theory Contemporary Sociology. 17: 115
Lessnoff M, Parsons T. (1980) Social Systems and the Evolution of Action Theory@@@Action and the Human Condition British Journal of Sociology. 31: 300
Burger T, Parsons T, Toby J. (1978) Social Systems and the Evolution of Action Theory.@@@The Evolution of Societies. Social Forces. 57: 308
Parsons T. (1978) Comment on R. Stephen Warner's "Toward a Redefinition of Action Theory: Paying the Cognitive Element Its Due" American Journal of Sociology. 83: 1350-1358
Titmuss RM, Durkheim E, Swain JW, et al. (1977) Commitment to Welfare@@@The Elementary Forms of the Religious Left@@@The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism@@@Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy British Journal of Sociology. 28: 526
Parsons T. (1975) Commentary on Herbert Gintis, “A Radical Analysis of Welfare Economics and Individual Development” Quarterly Journal of Economics. 89: 280-290