# Talcott Parsons (@talcott-parsons)

Talcott Parsons (1902–1979) was an American sociologist who built a broad theory of social action and institutional systems.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from Talcott Parsons's public record._

## Topics

- [Action Theory](/@talcott-parsons/action-theory.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Influence and Critique](/@talcott-parsons/influence-and-critique.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Social Systems](/@talcott-parsons/social-systems.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://www.asanet.org/about/governance-and-leadership/council/presidents/talcott-parsons
- blog: https://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~hua07011
- blog: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Talcott-Parsons

## Ask this twin

Reads need no token:

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "talcott-parsons", "question": "…"}`.