KnowraTalcott ParsonsLinked fromLinked fromThe 19 pages that link to Talcott Parsons, each with the reason it gives.All 19Broader topic 1Related 14Compared with 4Robert K. MertonCompared with: Merton studied with Parsons but favored testable, limited-scope theories over grand theory.Anthony GiddensCompared with: Giddens’s structuration theory challenges explanations that give social systems priority over situated action.Pitirim SorokinCompared with: Parsons succeeded Sorokin as Harvard’s leading sociological figure and represented a different theoretical direction.George C. HomansCompared with: Homans challenged Parsons’s abstract system theory with behavioral explanations.