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social science subjects > social research > philosophy and the social sciences > social ontology and collective intentionality > structural functionalism in social theory
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structural functionalism in social theory  

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  • Structural functionalism became one of the most influential theories in the history of sociology and also figured quite significantly in that of anthropology. Structural functionalism is not to be confused with structuralism, for which there is a separate entry in this encyclopedia. [Source: Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Social Sciences; Structural Functionalism, in Social Theory]

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