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ONTENTS— AN   OVERVIEW


Volume  I

PREFACE  xxi

GENERAL  INTRODUCTION  1

Part  One  HISTORICAL  AND  ANALYTICAL  FOUNDATIONS  81

A. The  Interpretation  of  Action  in  the  History  of  Social  Thought  83

B. The  Elements  of  Social  Interaction:  Roles  and  Collectivities  145

C. The  Modes  of  the  Institutionalization  of  Action  179

Part  Two  DIFFERENTIATION  AND  VARIATION  IN  SOCIAL  STRUCTURES  237

A. Ascriptive  Solidarities  265

B. Occupation  and  Economy  405

C. Stratification  and  Mobility  515

D. Political  Organization  and  Authority  577

E. Religion  and  Social  Structure  643

INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  I  AND  II  FOLLOWS   PAGE   682


Volume  II


Part  Three  PERSONALITY  AND  THE  SOCIAL  SYSTEM  683

A. The  Definition  of  the  Situation  and  the  Internalization  of  Objects  717

B. The  Elements  of  Learned  Motivation  745

C. Processes  of  Socialization  819

D. Social  Structure  and  the  Motivation  of  Deviant  and  Conforming  Behavior  867

Part  Four  CULTURE  AND  THE  SOCIAL  SYSTEM  961

A. Symbolic  Processes  and  the  Cultural  Heritage  995

B. Value  and  Belief  Patterns  1051

C. Expressive  Symbolism  1163

Part  Five  SOCIAL  CHANGE  1205

A. Factors  of  Change  1223

B. Processes  of  Stabilization  and  Change  1285

C. Patterns  of  Change  and  Development  1327

EPILOGUE  1403

BIBLIOGRAPHY  1449
INDEX  TO  VOLUMES  I  AND  II  FOLLOWS   PAGE    1480


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Volume  I

LIST  OF  SELECTIONS,   BY   AUTHOR  xvii

PREFACE  xxi

GENERAL   INTRODUCTION

I. Some  Observations  on  the  Scope  of  Sociological  Analysis,  by  kaspar  d. naegele         3

II. An  Outline  of  the  Social  System,  by  talcott  parsons  30

Part  One    HISTORICAL   AND    ANALYTICAL
FOUNDATIONS

A. The  Interpretation  of  Action  in  the  History  of  Social
Thought

Editorial  Foreword,  by  talcott  parsons  85

1. On  Hatreds  and  Dissensions  in  the  Republic,  by  niccolo  machiavelli  98

2. Of  the  Natural  Condition  of  Mankind,  by  thomas  hobbes  99

3. Of  the  State  of  Nature,  BY  JOHN  LOCKE  101

4. Of  the  Principle  Which  Gives  Occasion  to  the  Division  of  Labour,  BY  adam
smith  104

5. Of  Systems  of  Equality,  by  thomas  r. malthus  106

6. The  Civic  Community,  by  georg  w. f. hegel  112

7. The  Functions  of  Government  in  General,  BY  JOHN  STUART  mill  117

8. On  the  Social  Contract,  by  jean  jacques  roussEau  119

9. Society  and  Government,  by  auguste  comte  125

10. 