With this, the Age of Symbolism comes to an end. The new vision will be “value for money,” or rewarding those who contribute and giving nothing to anyone who does not. The Age of Functionalism dawns ...

It is often said that the functionalist approach has failed in explaining inter-Korean relations and the road to Korean unification. It has thus been regarded by many scholars and policymakers as an ...

According to the functionalist theoretical perspective of sociology introduced by Emile Durkheim in the nineteenth century, society is held together by social consensus, or cohesion, in which members ...

American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 78, No. 1, Varieties of Political Expression in Sociology (Jul., 1972), pp. 67-104 (38 pages) Various critiques of American sociology, most recently that of Alvin ...