SOCIOL 2S06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Talcott Parsons, Robert K. Merton, Marianne Weber
22 Sep 2016
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Durkheim was not a structural functionalist did not emerge until he was dead it is clear that some of his ideas did influence sf. Durkheim was interested in the issue of social order talked about organic solidarity (inter-dependence) rely on other people to do jobs: the work of key theorists. Sf is largely a historical significance it is a problematic perspective. Sf reemerged in the 1980s and was in decline for at least a decade. New functionalism or neo fuctionalism try to build on sf while overcoming the deficiencies and weaknesses. Jeffery alexander was the founder of neo-functionalism, in 1990s alexander turned away from this perspective and said it is "no longer satisfactory" A biographical sketch of parsons: early life. Born in colorado springs, colorado (1902) had a religious and intellectual background because his father was a minister and a professor: university education graduated from amherst college, massachusetts (1924)
