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Talcott Parsons  

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  • Talcott Parsons (1902–1979) is regarded as the most significant American sociologist during the 1950s and 1960s, and is considered the founder of the functionalist school of sociology. He viewed society as an organism where the parts of the social body have a role in maintaining its equilibrium. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Parsons, Talcott]

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