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Talcott Parsons and Social Science
Harold Bershady,
University of Pennsylvania
Renee C. Fox,
University of Pennsylvania
Victor Lidz,
Drexel University
October 2002,
$35,000
Esteemed 20th century sociologist Talcott Parsons sought to develop a comprehensive and coherent scheme for sociology that could be applied to every society and historical epoch, and address every aspect of human social organization and culture. His theory of social action has exerted enormous influence across a wide range of social science disciplines. Renée Fox, Victor Lidz, and Harold Bershady have received support from the Foundation to edit After Parsons: A Theory of Social Action for the Twenty-first Century, a critical reexamination of Parsons’ theory in light of historical changes in the world and advances in sociological thought since his death.