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Discuss Talcott Parsons’ contribution to the analysis of social system.

  • UPSC 1997
  • Sociological Thinkers

Talcott Parsons gave sociology its most ambitious general theory: a conceptual scheme meant to analyse any society, from a tribal band to an industrial nation, as a system of action. His lasting contribution is the analytical vocabulary he built and the traditions it inspired.

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  • From action to system
  • Building blocks of the social system
  • AGIL and the architecture of society
  • Legacy
  • Limits
  • Conclusion

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