Functionalism

Functionalism

1. 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.

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. theory of functionalism

   • "a framework for building theory that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote solidarity and stability

6. Émile Durkheim

   • Talcott Parsons
     • Robert King Merton
       • Jürgen Habermas

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