Fararo studies general theoretical sociology as a time-extended
tradition with three phases: classical, postclassical, and recent.
Employing a process philosophical approach, the author seeks to
examine these three phases in an effort to provide a synthesis of
the theories that seek to lay the foundations of theoretical
sociology. The author especially focuses on the work of Talcott
Parsons and George Homans, two contemporary theorists whose common
aspiration was to forge a theoretical foundation for sociology that
would serve to unify and integrate all theories growing out of
sociological research in much the same way that the theory of
evolution guides and integrates all other biological theories.
To begin, the author provides a history and overview of the key
classical theoretical frameworks from the perspective of process
philosophy, which he applies to all three phases of the study.
Fararo then carefully analyzes two major postclassical bodies of
general theory, namely the evolving and intertwined frameworks of
Parsons and Homans from their early theories of social systems to
their later divergent perspectives on foundation and synthesis in
sociological theory. Finally, the discussion turns to the recent
phase of general theoretical sociology, where more recent
foundation strategies -- rational choice theory and generative
structuralism -- are analyzed in relation to the postclassical
phase of the tradition. This important and sophisticated new work
is essential for all those interested in sociological theory in
particular and sociology in general.
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