Helmut Staubmann is Professor Emeritus of Social Theory and Cultural Sociology at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. His research focuses on aesthetics and foundational issues of sociological theory. He is the author of Sociology in a New Key. Essays in Social Theory and Aesthetics (2022) and editor (with A. Javier Treviño) of The Routledge International Handbook of Talcott Parsons Studies (2022). Together with Victor M. Lidz, he edits the book series Studies in the Theory of Action.(www.helmut-staubmann.info)

“We owe Helmut Staubmann a major debt of gratitude for reviving Parsons’ core legacy namely his foundational action theory”.Bryan S. Turner, ACU, CUNY, the Edward Cadbury Centre Birmingham and the Australian Academy“A variety of reasons might explain why Parsons isn’t read much anymore, but Helmut Staubmann’s book elegantly shows that Parsons deserves his place in all courses on sociological theory”.Raf Vanderstraeten, University of Ghent

• Chapter 1. “How Great a Stir he Made in the World…”: The Stages in Talcott Parsons’ Life and CareerChapter 2. Post-Classical Sociology: Parsons’ SynthesisChapter 3. Why Systems of Action?Chapter 4. Functional Analysis: A Methodology for Living SystemsChapter 5. The Many Forms of (Dis)Obedience: Money, Power and the Theory of Symbolic MediaChapter 6. Society and Societal ChangeChapter 7. Are We SOcial Constructions? The Link between Character and SocietyChapter 8. The Reason of Culture

Helmut Staubmann is Professor Emeritus of Social Theory and Cultural Sociology at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. His research focuses on aesthetics and foundational issues of sociological theory. He is the author of Sociology in a New Key. Essays in Social Theory and Aesthetics (2022) and editor (with A. Javier Treviño) of The Routledge International Handbook of Talcott Parsons Studies (2022). Together with Victor M. Lidz, he edits the book series Studies in the Theory of Action.(www.helmut-staubmann.info)

“We owe Helmut Staubmann a major debt of gratitude for reviving Parsons’ core legacy namely his foundational action theory”.Bryan S. Turner, ACU, CUNY, the Edward Cadbury Centre Birmingham and the Australian Academy“A variety of reasons might explain why Parsons isn’t read much anymore, but Helmut Staubmann’s book elegantly shows that Parsons deserves his place in all courses on sociological theory”.Raf Vanderstraeten, University of Ghent

• Chapter 1. “How Great a Stir he Made in the World…”: The Stages in Talcott Parsons’ Life and CareerChapter 2. Post-Classical Sociology: Parsons’ SynthesisChapter 3. Why Systems of Action?Chapter 4. Functional Analysis: A Methodology for Living SystemsChapter 5. The Many Forms of (Dis)Obedience: Money, Power and the Theory of Symbolic MediaChapter 6. Society and Societal ChangeChapter 7. Are We SOcial Constructions? The Link between Character and SocietyChapter 8. The Reason of Culture

Helmut Staubmann is Professor Emeritus of Social Theory and Cultural Sociology at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. His research focuses on aesthetics and foundational issues of sociological theory. He is the author of Sociology in a New Key. Essays in Social Theory and Aesthetics (2022) and editor (with A. Javier Treviño) of The Routledge International Handbook of Talcott Parsons Studies (2022). Together with Victor M. Lidz, he edits the book series Studies in the Theory of Action.(www.helmut-staubmann.info)

“We owe Helmut Staubmann a major debt of gratitude for reviving Parsons’ core legacy namely his foundational action theory”.Bryan S. Turner, ACU, CUNY, the Edward Cadbury Centre Birmingham and the Australian Academy“A variety of reasons might explain why Parsons isn’t read much anymore, but Helmut Staubmann’s book elegantly shows that Parsons deserves his place in all courses on sociological theory”.Raf Vanderstraeten, University of Ghent

• Chapter 1. “How Great a Stir he Made in the World…”: The Stages in Talcott Parsons’ Life and CareerChapter 2. Post-Classical Sociology: Parsons’ SynthesisChapter 3. Why Systems of Action?Chapter 4. Functional Analysis: A Methodology for Living SystemsChapter 5. The Many Forms of (Dis)Obedience: Money, Power and the Theory of Symbolic MediaChapter 6. Society and Societal ChangeChapter 7. Are We SOcial Constructions? The Link between Character and SocietyChapter 8. The Reason of Culture