Marion Joseph Levy junior
Marion Joseph Levy junior (born 1918 in Galveston , Texas , † May 26, 2002 ) was an American sociologist .
Levy Jr. studied sociology at Harvard University with Talcott Parsons and received his PhD there. He was appointed to Princeton University in 1947 , where he taught his entire life as a professor. Levy Jr. has become known as a modernization theorist. He was an advocate of structural functionalism and has published extensive research on Japan and China .
Fonts (selection)
- The structure of society , Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1952
- The family revolution in modern China , New York: Octagon Books, 1963 (first edition 1949)
- Modernization and the Structure of Societies , Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1966.
Web links
- "Levy's Nine Laws of the Disillusionment of the True Liberal" , eleven famous sarcastic theses
- Marilyn Marks: Marion J. Levy Jr., scholar of modernization, dies at 83, News @ Princeton. May 26, 2002. Retrieved September 11, 2008.
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| SURNAME | Levy, Marion Joseph Jr. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American sociologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Galveston , Texas |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 26, 2002 |