Founding Sociology? Talcott Parsons and the Idea of General Theory.

The theories of Talcott Parsons'' are enjoying a revival in the world of sociology. Rather than following closely the complex original prose in an effort to explain the theory in its minutiae, Holmwood presents a highly readable non-technical critique of several of the strongest underlying sociological themes and shows how, although flawed in many respects, these themes have been recurring, in dif...