toys in the attic:
ideological furnishings for the homeless mind

daurril library: talcott parsons

the American University:

Articulation with cultural meaning system Articulation with action-conditions of societal normative-order
           
L l       Moral
communiry		 I   I Implementation through patterning of norms       l I
Civil religion
as constitutive
of value		 Patterns of valuation
of solidarity
Fiduciary system         Societal community
   
 
     
   
   
  Rationality
system 		Telic
system		         Collective association (political citizenship) Allocation of loyalties in manifold balancing capacities and opportunities  
   
   
   
a g     g a
                               
                                 
       
                                 
                             
Economy a Investment Production-marketing g     g Executive
function 		Administration a Polity
           
   
   
   
  Commitment of resources to production (land) Organization         Legislation Constitutional-judicial function  
       
 
       
A l i I l G
           
           
Articulation through technology with physical environment Articulation with action conditions of effectie collective goal-attainment
Figure A.2 - Structure of the Social System (p 428)
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