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Parsons's emergent Durkheims

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Tiryakian, EA
Published in: Sociological Theory
January 1, 2000

Parsons's training as an economist, his graduate stay at Heidelberg, and his participation in the Henderson seminar at Harvard provide major clues to his familiarity with Marshall, Pareto, and Weber - three of the four figures whose convergence forms the major theoretical achievement in The Structure of Social Action. But what led him to Durkheirn, since Parsons did not study or reside in France, yet read Durkheim in the original, remains an enigma. Without resolving the enigma, this paper argues that Parsons had a great deal in common with Durkheim, and, equally important, that in his mature and late periods he found in his "revisits" of the later writings of Durkheim both inspiration and affinity. I argue that Parsons well deserves recognition as a major authority on Durkheim, and that both combined offer an alternative to the contemporary version of utilitarianism.

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Sociological Theory

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0735-2751

Publication Date

January 1, 2000

Volume

18

Issue

1

Start / End Page

60 / 83

Related Subject Headings

  • Sociology
  • 4410 Sociology
  • 1608 Sociology
 

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Tiryakian, E. A. (2000). Parsons's emergent Durkheims. Sociological Theory, 18(1), 60–83. https://doi.org/10.1111/0735-2751.00088
Tiryakian, E. A. “Parsons's emergent Durkheims.” Sociological Theory 18, no. 1 (January 1, 2000): 60–83. https://doi.org/10.1111/0735-2751.00088.
Tiryakian EA. Parsons's emergent Durkheims. Sociological Theory. 2000 Jan 1;18(1):60–83.
Tiryakian, E. A. “Parsons's emergent Durkheims.” Sociological Theory, vol. 18, no. 1, Jan. 2000, pp. 60–83. Scopus, doi:10.1111/0735-2751.00088.
Tiryakian EA. Parsons's emergent Durkheims. Sociological Theory. 2000 Jan 1;18(1):60–83.
Journal cover image

Published In

Sociological Theory

DOI

ISSN

0735-2751

Publication Date

January 1, 2000

Volume

18

Issue

1

Start / End Page

60 / 83

Related Subject Headings

  • Sociology
  • 4410 Sociology
  • 1608 Sociology