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Toward a general theory of action/

Other Authors: Parsons, Talcott,, Shils, Edward Albert,
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York: Harper Torchbooks, 1962
Subjects:
Δράση, Θεωρία της
Table of Contents:
  • PART 1 The General Theory of Action
  • 1 SOME FUNDAMENTAL CATEGORIES OF THE THEORY OF ACTION:
  • A GENERAL STATEMENT 3
  • Talcott Parsons, Edward A Shils, Gordon W. Allport, Clyde
  • Kluckhohn, Henry A. Murray, Robert R. Sears, Richard C.
  • Sheldon, Samuel A. Stouffer, Edward C. Tolman
  • (1) Introduction. (2) The frame of reference of the theory of action. (3)
  • Some fundamentals of behaviour psychology. (4) Interaction and the
  • development of personality. (5) Cultural aspects of action systems. (6)
  • The social system. A note on the place of economic theory and political
  • theory in the general theory of action.
  • 2 SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THEORY IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES 30
  • Richard C. Sheldon
  • PART 2 Values, Motives, and Systems of Action
  • Talcott Parsons, Edward A. Shils, with the assistance of James Olds
  • INTRODUCTION 47
  • 1 CATEGORIES OF THE ORIENTATION AND ORGANIZATION OF ACTInON. 53
  • Action and its orientation. Components of the frame of reference
  • of the theory of action. Commentary on the frame of reference.
  • Classification of objects. Orientation to the situation. Dilemmas of
  • orientation and the pattern variables. The definition of pattern
  • variables. The interrelations of the pattern variables. Classification
  • of need-dispositions and role-expectations. Classification of com-
  • ponents of the object situation. The basic structure of the interac
  • tive relationship. The concept of system and the classification of
  • types of systems.
  • 2 PERSONALITY AS A SYSTEM OF ACTION 110
  • Motivational concepts. Need-dispositions. Functional prerequisites
  • of the personality system. Learning processes and performance
  • processes. The mechanisms. Subintegrations in the personality sys-
  • tem. The articulation of personality and social systems. Need-dis-
  • postions and role-expectations. Individuality. Deviance.
  • 3 SYSTEMS OF VALUE-ORIENTATION159
  • The place of value-orientation patterns in the organization of cul-
  • ture. The classification of the elements of culture. Cognitive sym-
  • bols. Expensive symbols. Evaluative symbols. Pattern consistency
  • and sources of strain. The integration of systems of value-orienta-
  • tions into the social system. Systems of personal values. The prob-
  • lem of classification of value systems.
  • 4 THE SOCIAL SYSTEM190
  • Major features and prerequisites. The foci of organization. The
  • allocation of rewards. The integration of the social system. Classifi-
  • cation of social systems and their components: structural types. The
  • content of roles. Integration: consensus and power. The analysis of
  • social structure. Motivation and the dynamics of social process. The
  • problem of social change

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