THE SOCIAL THEORIES OF TALCOTT PARSONS. Edited by Max Black. Englewood Cliffs, N. J.: Prentice-Hall, 1961. 363 pp. $9.00

Social Forces ◽  
1961 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-180
Author(s):  
A. Boskoff
Keyword(s):  
Talcott Parsons ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Theories

scholarly journals Religion in the social theories of Talcott Parsons

Religion ◽  
1975 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart Mews
Keyword(s):  
Talcott Parsons ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Theories

Critical Analyses of the Social Theories of Talcott Parsons: A Book Review Symposium

1962 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 236
Author(s):  
N. S. Timasheff ◽  
Sister Marie Augusta Neal ◽  
Raymond H. Potvin ◽  
Paul J. Reiss ◽  
Max Black
Keyword(s):  
Review Symposium ◽  
Talcott Parsons ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Theories

The Social Theories of Talcott Parsons. Max Black

Ethics ◽  
1962 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-144
Author(s):  
Cecil Miller
Keyword(s):  
Talcott Parsons ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Theories

The Social Theories of Talcott Parsons

1961 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 932 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Selznick ◽  
Max Black
Keyword(s):  
Talcott Parsons ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Theories

Orientalist Speech-acts and Israeli Middle East Studies: Cautions and Criticisms of Edward Said Beyond the Battle of Ideas

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 221-237
Author(s):  
Eyal Clyne
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Speech Acts ◽  
Edward Said ◽  
Discursive Practices ◽  
Academic World ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Theories ◽  
Middle East Studies

Drawing on speech acts theory, this article discusses the illocutionary and perlocutionary forces of discursive practices with which certain academic circles seek to discredit the Saidian ‘Orientalism’ framework. Identifying the unusual value attached to Said as object of attachment or detachment, desirability and exceptionality, this analysis turns away from deliberations about ‘orientalism’ as a party in a battle of ideas, and studies common cautionary statements and other responses by peers as actions in the social (academic) world, that enculture and police expectations. Cautioning subjects about this framework, or conditioning its employment to preceding extensive pre-emptive complicating mitigations, in effect constructs this framework as undesirable and ‘risky’. While strong discursive reactions are not uncommon in academia, comparing them to treatments of less-controversial social theories reveals formulations, meanings and attentions which are arguably reserved for this ‘theory’. Conclusively, common dismissals, warnings and criticisms of Said and ‘Orientalism’ often exemplify Saidian claims, as they deploy the powerful advantage of enforcing hegemonic, and indeed Orientalist, views.

Intuitions and Arguments: Cognitive Foundations of Argumentation in Natural Theology

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 57-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen De Cruz ◽  
Johan De Smedt
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Natural Theology ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Theories ◽  
Cognitive Foundations

This paper examines the cognitive foundations of natural theology: the intuitions that provide the raw materials for religious arguments, and the social context in which they are defended or challenged. We show that the premises on which natural theological arguments are based rely on intuitions that emerge early in development, and that underlie our expectations for everyday situations, e.g., about how causation works, or how design is recognized. In spite of the universality of these intuitions, the cogency of natural theological arguments remains a matter of continued debate. To understand why they are controversial, we draw on social theories of reasoning and argumentation.

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