Social Action Systems: Foundation and Synthesis in Sociological Theory by Thomas J. Fararo

Social Action Systems: Foundation and Synthesis in Sociological Theory



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Social Action Systems: Foundation and Synthesis in Sociological Theory Thomas J. Fararo
Language: English
Page: 336
Format: pdf
ISBN: 027597362X, 9780313074110
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“[A] fascinating display of new ideas....[A] fresh rethink about the current state of sociological theory. Even if one does not subscribe to the general, formal and mathematical sort of theorizing shown here, Fararo's propounding of his arguments carries new and important insights about the theoretical work of conceptualizing social phenomena- and thus, of the collective enterprise of the sociological profession.”–European Journal of Social Theory

“An unpretentious effort that should appeal to theory buffs.”–American Journal of Sociology

“Thomas Fararo has written and extremely stimulating and well-informed book about the evolution of major traditions in sociological theory and the possibility of their integration into an increasingly comprehensive theoretical framework...extremely stimulating and compulsory reading for all social scientists interested in the advancement of social theory.”–Contemporary Sociology

“A deep, insightful critique of classical, post-classical, and contemporary theoretical strategies that reconstructs the foundations of sociology at the most general level and readdresses such key presuppositional problems as the emergence, stability, change, and comparison of social structures. Ranging widely over past and present theory it is guided by `the spirit of unification'--not necessarily synthesis as a finished product, but commitment to the value of integration and the conditions which encourage its production and understanding, exhibited, on the one hand, in its focus on foundations, on the other in actual episodes of partial synthesis. Both forms of unification find their resources in a penetrating, critical rethinking of post-classical theory--in Whitehead's analytical realism and process world view, in Parsons' and Homans' incorporation of them into a systems approach to sociology.”–Morris Zelditch Emeritus Professor of Sociology Stanford University

“[Thomas Fararo] has been the most persistent and original scholar working on the implications of Whitehead's philosophy for basic sociological theory. He has brought a wide range of resources to this task, including intensive critical readings of several leading theorists of the current and the past two generations...and a gift for explaining difficult issues directly and clearly....The ultimate importance of the work is that it will likely be recognized as a pivotal contribution to overcoming the dissension and conflict among schools that has dominated the last forty years of work in sociological theory....[T]his is a book that all graduate students in sociology with any interest in theoretical work should read....[T]he ambitious advanced undergraduate can benefit from the book as well.”–Victor Lidz Acting Director Institute for Addictive Disorders Department of Psychiatry School of Medicine MCP Hahanemann University

About the Author

THOMAS J. FARARO is Distinguished Service Professor of Sociology at The University of Pittsburgh, where he has been since 1967. His most recent books include The Meaning of General Theoretical Sociology, Rational Choice Theory: Advocacy and Critique (co-editor), and The Problem of Solidarity: Theories and Models (co-editor).

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