Geezer talk: An Emeritus professor looks back

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Bennett M. Berger, an emeritus professor talks of his experience of being promoted to tenure by the University of Illinois after three years without even knowing that he was being considered for it. He was also solicited by The New York Times for articles in its Sunday Book Review and its Magazine.

Executive changes & profiles, Officials and employees, Personal narratives, College teachers, College faculty, Works, University of Illinois

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Differentiation and complexity in the functionalist corpus: rethinking the metaphor of system

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The functionalism of Talcott Parsons and Niklas Luhmann is discussed in relation to system as a metaphor in sociology. Topics include system as metaphor, the immanence of the political, differentiation and mediation, and differentiation in relation to overdetermination.

Analysis, Criticism and interpretation, Parsons, Talcott, Social systems, Luhmann, Niklas, Functionalism (Social sciences)

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