ISBN:
9780415175005
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (265 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
International Library of Sociology
Parallel Title:
Print version Causation and Functionalism in Sociology
DDC:
301.01
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; PREFACE; I INTRODUCTION; General Statement of the Causal Problem in Functionalism; Meaning of Causality; Aim, Procedure and Definition of Functionalism; The Problem of Scientific Explanation in Sociology; II PRODUCTIVE CAUSALITY IN FUNCTIONALISM; The Problem of Productive Causality in Parsons' Critique of Max Weber; 'Intercausality' in Functionalism; Productively Causal Characteristics in Functionalism; Logical Formulation of the Principle of Productive Causality; III TELECAUSALITY IN FUNCTIONALISM
Description / Table of Contents:
Critique of Merton's Distinction Between the Manifest and the Latent FunctionsCritique of Merton's Definition of the Concept of Function; The Concept of Function: Its Significance in the Social System Model; Relation to the Future: Model of a Self-Regulating System as Explanatory Device; Telecausal Characteristics in Functionalism; Formulation of the Principle of Telecausality; The Question of Teleology in Functionalist Literature; IV TALCOTT PARSONS' MEANS-ENDS SCHEMA OF FUNCTIONAL EXPLANATION; System-System Interaction Analysis: Parsons' Macrofunctionalism
Description / Table of Contents:
Ego-Alter Interaction Analysis: Parsons' MicrofunctionalismV THE EXPLANATORY IMPORT OF FUNCTIONALISM; The Explanatory Value of Functionalism; George C. Homans' Critique of Functionalism; The Use of Organismic Model; Evaluation of the Common Objections to Telecausality; The Question of Reduction of Telecausality to Productive Causality: Ernest Nagel's Argument; NOTES; APPENDIX I; APPENDIX II; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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