Parsons' Concept of "Generalized Media of Social Interaction" and its Relevance for Social Anthropology

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ID2273594
AutoresTerence Turner (0000-0002-5378-3593, Cornell University, autor correspondente), Terence S Turner
Ano1968
Volume38
Fascículo2
Páginas121-134
Data de publicação1968-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSociological Inquiry (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0038-0245 • E-ISSN: 1475-682X
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1475-682x.1968.tb00678.x
OpenAlexW2084308414
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas17

The concept of "generalized symbolic media of social interaction" was introduced by Parsons five years ago in his two articles on the concepts of power and influence.1 I believe that it represents a theoretical development of the first importance, which has received much less attention-particularly in my own field of social anthropology-than it deserves. The purpose of the present paper is to review and criticize the concept itself and to point out its relevance to certain problems in social anthropology

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