Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Functionalism
- The emphasis of this British current is on function; the duty of
the anthropologist is to describe the functions of the customs
and institutions for the society studied, means by which we
come to understand its origins.
- represented by British researcher Bronislaw
Malinowski. Very close to this proposal we have the
structural functionalism of Radcliffe-Brown, who
added to the concept of function the place it occupied
in the social structure
- One of the most representative works of
the functionalist school of thought is the
research made by Durkheim, about the
way the society keeps integrated and
allows its appropriate function
- resumes aspects of the work of noted German
psychologist Sigmund Freud, linking cultural
practices and beliefs of the individual with his
personality and vice vers
- theory of functionalism
- "a framework for building theory that sees
society as a complex system whose parts
work together to promote solidarity and
stability
- Émile Durkheim
- Talcott Parsons
- Robert King Merton
- Jürgen Habermas