Author: Parsons, Talcott ; Shils, Edward ; editors:
Title: Toward a General Theory of Action
Description: Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1962. orig. cloth, dustwrapper. 23x15cm, 506 pp. In a heavily rubbed & chipped dustwrapper. Some light binding stains.. Some top page-edge spotting. Some pencilled underlinings. Good. ¶ Contents: The General Theory of Action: Some Fundamental Categories of the Theory of Action: A General Statement; Some Observations on Theory in the Social Science; Values, Motives, and Systems of Action: Categories of the Orientation and Organization of Action;Personality as a System of Action; Systems of Value-Orientation; The Social System; Conclusion; A Psychological Model: Introduction; The Model; Learning and the Psychodynamic Mechanisms; Further Problems Connectedd with Model; Value Standards, Pattern Variables, Social Roles, Personality; Summary and Conclusions; The Theory of Action and Its Application: A Problem in Psychological and Social Causation: Prejudice: A Problem in Psychological and Social Causation; Values and Value-Orientations in the Theory of Action: An Exploration in Definition and Personality Development; An Empirical Study of Technical Problems in Analysis of Role Obligation.

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