Parsons’ neglect of social pathologies, part 2.
Readings taken from Habermas, J: Chapter 7, Section 3: The theory of modernity, Theory of...
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Parsons’ neglect of social pathologies, Part 1.
Readings taken from Habermas, J: Chapter 7, Section 3: The theory of modernity, Theory of Communicative action, Volume 2, 1987 As we have witnessed in the previous set of posts on Parsons (see here for a full list), the major...
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Paradigm v. Paradigm: From ‘culture’ to communication
Readings from: B (PP215-225): The Action-Theory of the Early Middle Period (from Volume 2 of...
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Parsons and his own version of the cultural turn
Readings from: B (PP215-225): The Action-Theory of the Early Middle Period (from Volume 2 of...
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Parsons, agency and the philosophy of consciousness
[this is the latest post in the series on Parsons and Habermas] Parsons, according to Habermas...
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Habermas, Parsons and the action theory project of 1937
(Current post follows on from this introductory post) In the introductory section to chapter seven...
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When Habermas met Parsons (theoretically speaking)
Having previously been under the impression that Talcott Parsons had become an irrelevance in late...
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