WHY A THEORY OF SOCIETY CANNOT BE FOUNDED ON A THEORY OF ACTION: ON THE LEGACY OF SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME SIXTY YEARS AFTER "THE STRUCTURE"
Chapter
Publication Date:
2001
Short description:
WHY A THEORY OF SOCIETY CANNOT BE FOUNDED ON A THEORY OF ACTION: ON THE LEGACY OF SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME SIXTY YEARS AFTER "THE STRUCTURE" / Addario, N. - In: PARSONS'S THE STRUCTURE OF SOCIAL ACTION AND CONTEMPORARY DEBATE / GABRIELE POLLINI E GIUSEPPE SCIORTINO. - STAMPA. - MILANO : Franco Angeli, 2001. - ISBN 9788846432100. - pp. 171-189
abstract:
After an examination of Parsons's theory of social action, the author demonstrate that sociology need to pass over to a new paradigm. This because Parsons' theory of general system of action shows that a theory of society cannot be based on a theory of action. It is investigate the possibility of finding grounds for a theory of society not based on a concept of action, as has already been suggested by a theory of social autopoietic systems by Niklas Luhmann.
Iris type:
Capitolo/Saggio
Keywords:
Talcott Parsons; La struttura dell'azione sociale; teoria dei sistemi sociali; teoria dell'azione.
List of contributors:
Addario, Nicolo'
Book title:
PARSONS'S THE STRUCTURE OF SOCIAL ACTION AND CONTEMPORARY DEBATE