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Toward a General Theory of Action
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Edited by:
Talcott Parsons
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With contributions by:
Gordon W. Allport
Language:
English
Published/Copyright:
1951
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Kluckhohn Clyde :
Clyde Kluckhohn, Ph.D., the late Professor of Anthropology at Harvard University, was in almost continuous contact with the Navaho Indians beginning in 1923. In 1942 he became an expert consultant to the United States Office of Indian Affairs. He was the Curator of Southwestern American Ethnology at the Peabody Museum until his death in 1960. He is the author of several books, among them Beyond the Rainbow and Navaho Witchcraft.
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Frontmatter
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Preface
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Contents
ix - PART 1. The General Theory of Action
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1. Some Fundamental Categories of the Theory of Action: A General Statement
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2. Some Observations on Theory in Social Science
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PART 2. Values, Motives, and Systems of Action
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3. A Psychological Model
277 - PART 4. The Theory of Action and Its Application
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1. PREJUDICE: A PROBLEM IN PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL CAUSATION
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2. VALUES AND VALUE-ORIENTATIONS IN THE THEORY OF ACTION: AN EXPLORATION IN DEFINITION AND CLASSIFICATION
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3. TOWARD A CLASSIFICATION OF INTERACTION
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4. SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AND PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT
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5. AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF TECHNICAL PROBLEMS IN ANALYSIS OF ROLE OBLIGATION
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Index
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eBook published on:
October 1, 2013
eBook ISBN:
9780674863507
Hardcover published on:
February 5, 1951
Hardcover ISBN:
9780674863491
Edition:
7th printing 1976. Reprint 2014
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Front matter:
11
Main content:
506
Illustrations:
36
Tables:
16
Other:
29 illustrations, 7 charts, 16 tables
eBook ISBN:
9780674863507
Hardcover ISBN:
9780674863491
Keywords for this book
Sociology.
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Professional and scholarly;
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Harvard University Press
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Walter de Gruyter GmbH
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