Talcott Parsons

Uta Gerhardt

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Author
Uta Gerhardt
Publish Date
2002-10-10
Subtitle
An Intellectual Biography
Book Type
Hardcover
Number of Pages
336
Publisher Name
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
0521810221
ISBN-13
9780521810227
citemno
274517
Edition
1
SKU
9780521810227

Description

The American sociologist Talcott Parsons was often accused of being an overly abstract, even apolitical thinker, remote in Harvard's ivory tower. Uta Gerhardt dispels this image in her fascinating account of the political nature of Parsons's life and scholarship. Gerhardt depicts Parsons as a champion of American society and democracy. In this respect he followed the lead of his venerable mentor, Max Weber. Parsons's work, Gerhardt argues, was driven by an overriding agenda to develop a sociological understanding and defense of the development of modern democracy.