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evolution01.txt PARSONS' THEORY OF SOCIETAL EVOLUTION  3 SOCIETAL EVOLUTION   contents.xls 19,456 10/18/01 10:17a
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evolution03.txt 024  chapter 2: primitive societies: the emergence of social stratification   evolution02.doc 164,864 10/21/01 4:27p
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evolution06.txt 115  chapter 6: the religious legitimation of secular society   evolution05.doc 101,376 10/21/01 4:26p
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evolution08.txt 161  chapter 8:  National Differentiation   evolution08.doc 124,928 10/21/01 8:38p
evolution09.txt 182  chapter 9:  THE CENTRAL PROBLEM OF MODERN SOCIETIES: INTEGRATION  183   evolution09.doc 186,880 10/22/01 2:34a
evolution10.txt 215  chapter 10   evolution10.doc 93,184 10/22/01 3:09a
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contents: preface, xi   more_contents.txt 3,872 4/3/01 12:06a
1 PARSONS' THEORY OF SOCIETAL EVOLUTION, 1 Most of this book was previously published in two volumes entitled Societies: Evolutionary and Compartive Perspectives
and The System of Modern Societies. 
1 The Theory of Action,  2
1 The Differentiation of Action Systems, 4
1 What Is a Society?  6
1 The Cybernetic Hierarchy,  8
1 Evolutionary Breakthroughs,  10 This book consists of the republication in one volume of two previously published books by Talcott Parsons on the subject of societal evolution. I hope it is also something more: a clearer guide to Parsons' thinking about societal evolution than was available in either book.  In order to achieve this goal of clarity, I have tampered with the original texts in three ways:
1 The Inclusive Societal Community of Modern Societies,  18
1 Conclusion,  19
1 Addendum to Chapter 1,  20
1 References,  23
2 PRIMITIVE SOCIETIES: The Emergence of Social Stratification,  24
2 Organic Evolution,  25
2 The Components of Primitive Society, 28 1.  By eliminating both of the purely theoretical chapters in the original volumes and scattering the theoretical material throughout the text, as needed, I sought to integrate more completely Parsons' theory with the detailed accounts of particular societies.  After all, Parsons was less interested in Egypt or in medieval Europe in themselves than as illustrations of societal differentiation.  But this was drastic surgery. This editorial decision makes it difficult for the reader to examine his theory separately from the empirical materials.  There may also be places that are unclear because all of the theoretical distinctions Parsons uses did not find their way into the revised text - although a glossary of Parsonian definitions, newly prepared for this edition, ought to address this problem.  I hope that, for most readers, the advantage of integrating theoretical discussions with empirical data will outweigh the disadvantages. 
2 The Primitive Society of Aboriginal Australia,  31
2 The Transition to the Advanced Primitive Type, 38
2 Types of Advanced Primitive Societies, 44
2 Conclusion, 47
3 ARCHAIC SOCIETIES: Legitimation by a Literate Priesthood,  50
3 Ancient Egypt, 53
3 The Mesopotamian Empires,  63
3 Conclusion,  69
4 THE HISTORIC EMPIRES:  Further Differentiation
4 China, 73
4 India, 80
4 The Islamic Empires, 86
4 The Roman Empire, 90 2.  By combining what were two separate volumes published five years apart, I sought to emphasize Parsons' conception of the sweep of the evolutionary process from prehistory, through historic epochs, and into the contemporary world.  I also wrote a new Chapter One to serve as a guide not only to Parsons' theory of societal evolution but also to some of the broader issues of sociological theory with which Parsons has been concerned. 
4 Conclusion, 98
5 CULTURAL LEGACIES FOR LATER SOCIETIES:
5 Israel, 100
5 Greece, 107
5 Conclusion, 113
6 THE RELIGIOUS LEGITIMATION OF SECULAR SOCIETY,  115 3.  By careful editing of the text, sentence by sentence, I sought to clarify Parsons' meaning by simplifying his prose style.  Occasionally I deleted sentences that seemed to carry the reader toward a peripheral rather than a central point.  More usually I deleted adjectives, adverbs, or entire phrases that Parsons had intended to qualify an overgeneral statement but which might confuse the reader.  Thus, there are places where Parsons would prefer to state his argument more tentatively than he does in this edited version of his theory of societal evolution. 
6 Early Christianity,  116
6 Medieval Society,  121
6 The Differentiation of the European System,  125
6 Renaissance and Reformation,  129
6 Conclusion,  133
7 THE EMERGENCE OF NATIONAL COMMUNITIES,  141
7 The Northwest,  145
7 Conclusion, 157
8 FURTHER DIFFERENTIATIONS IN THE AGE OF REVOLUTIONS,  161 Although not an easy task, editing a masterpiece brings its own reward: the satisfaction of contributing to the accessibility of a work that will be studied by sociologists still unborn.
8 National Differentiation, 161
8 The Industrial Revolution,  164
8 The Democratic Revolution,  168
8 Conclusion,  173
Jackson Toby
Rutgers University
9 THE CENTRAL PROBLEM OF MODERN SOCIETIES:  Integration,  182
9 The Structure of the Societal Community,  183
9 The Educational Revolution and the Contemporary Phase of Modernization,  190
9 Pattern Maintenance: The Increasing Differentiation of the Pattern Maintenance Subsystem from the Societal Community,  193
9 The Increasing Differentiation of the Polity from the Societal Community,  196
9 The Increasing Differentiation of Economy and Societal Community, 200
9 Conclusion, 207
10  THE DIFFERENTIATED SYSTEM OF MODERN SOCIETIES,  215 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
10 The Soviet Union,  216
10 The New Europe,  221 Parsons, Talcott, (date)
10 Modernization of Non-Western Societies, 226 The evolution of societies.
10 Conclusion,  228
Combined and edited version of the author's Societies (1966)
11  CONTINUING EVOLUTION, 230  and The system of modern societies (1971).
11 The Trend of Evolution: Increased Adaptive Capacity,  230
11 The System of Modern Societies,  236 Bibliography: p. 253
11 Conclusion, 240 Includes index.
1 Social evolution. 2. Social history.
12 SELECTED REFERENCES,  242 3 Social Systems. I. Toby, Jackson.
II. Parsons, Talcott Societies.
13 GLOSSARY,  249 III. Parsons, Talcott The system of modern Societies.  IV. Title.
RMlO6.P24 801 76-56196
14 INDEX, 253 ISB~ 0-18-293647-X
ISBN 0-18-293639-9 phk.
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