Functionalist Theorizing: Talcott Parsons and Beyond
INSTRUCTIONS
Read Chapter 3: Talcott Parsons’ Analytical Functionalism and Chapter 5: Efforts to Revitalize Functionalism from CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY by Jonathan H. Turner
View the powerpoint lecture.
Discussion:
Discussion Posts are no less than 500 words. Your discussion post needs to answer the following questions:
1. What is/are the main question(s) addressed by the author(s)?
2. What is the significance of that question for key issues in the field?
3. What are competing answers to that question?
4. What would be a different, valid way of addressing the same question, preferably one you regard as superior? Provide examples.