{"id":406,"date":"2025-03-21T17:22:13","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T17:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/?p=406"},"modified":"2025-03-21T17:22:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T17:22:13","slug":"daniel-silver-on-talcott-parsons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/2025\/03\/21\/daniel-silver-on-talcott-parsons\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Silver on Talcott Parsons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utsc.utoronto.ca\/sociology\/daniel-silver\">Dr. Daniel Silver<\/a>, Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto Scarborough and author of <a href=\"https:\/\/press.uchicago.edu\/ucp\/books\/book\/chicago\/S\/bo23044170.html\">Scenescapes: how qualities of place shape social life<\/a> (2020), joins us to discuss and read from Talcott Parsons&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/16Yac8dw4ymwNHKSttiVLf7a3LMxOm8GH\/view?usp=sharing\">On Institutions and Social Evolution<\/a>, edited by Leon H. Mayhew. In our conversation, Dan helps me understand the logic of Parsons and convinces me of the joy of engaging with his ambitious theorizing. We also discuss the central place Parsons occupied in the discipline, his rather strange and rapid fall from grace, and how this frees the reader to engage with his ideas and arguments.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/files\/2021\/11\/gtac_field-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-291\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/files\/2021\/11\/gtac_field-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/files\/2021\/11\/gtac_field-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/files\/2021\/11\/gtac_field-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/files\/2021\/11\/gtac_field-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/files\/2021\/11\/gtac_field-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/files\/2021\/11\/gtac_field-1-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/files\/2021\/11\/gtac_field-1-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9623\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-406-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/files.thesocietypages.org\/downloads\/GTaC65_Silver_on_Parsons.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/files.thesocietypages.org\/downloads\/GTaC65_Silver_on_Parsons.mp3\">https:\/\/files.thesocietypages.org\/downloads\/GTaC65_Silver_on_Parsons.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/files.thesocietypages.org\/downloads\/GTaC65_Silver_on_Parsons.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/?powerpress_pinw=406-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/files.thesocietypages.org\/downloads\/GTaC65_Silver_on_Parsons.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"GTaC65_Silver_on_Parsons.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/theory\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode, Dr. Daniel Silver, Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto Scarborough and author of Scenescapes: how qualities of place shape social life (2020), joins us to discuss and read from Talcott Parsons&#8217; On Institutions and Social Evolution, edited by Leon H. 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