Can someone just give me a simple answer about Talcott Parsons?

Question

i just simply need to know his main theory that he was famous for

Answer 1

Talcott Edgar Frederick Parsons  postulated that the relevant systems treated in social and behavioral science were "open," meaning that they were embedded in an environment consisting of other systems.

For social and behavioral science, the largest system is "the action system," consisting of interrelated behaviors of human beings, embedded in a physical-organic environment.

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talcott_Par...

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Answer 2

he produced a general theoretical system for the analysis of society: structural functionalism, which includes several smaller theories, concepts...it's a system therefore it's toocomplex to explain in a simple manner :)