The functions of the family... by Talcott Parsons, an American Sociologist

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“The functions of the family in a highly differentiated society are not to be interpreted as functions directly on behalf of the society, but on behalf of personality.”

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Talcott Parsons

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Name: Talcott Parsons

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Dec 13, 1902

Date of Death: May 8, 1979

Profession: Sociologist

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The importance of certain problems concerning the facts will be inherent in the structure of the system.

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If observed facts of undoubted accuracy will not fit any of the alternatives it leaves open, the system itself is in need of reconstruction.

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Of course there may well be particular reasons why Spencer rather than others is dead, as there were also particular reasons why he rather than others made such a stir.

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