Working Papers in the Theory of Action Author:Talcott Parsons, Robert Freed Bales, Edward Albert Shils In the hope of provoking discussion among sociologists, psychologists, philosophers, and psychiatrists interested in social theory, the authors have made available here a set of working papers which constitute an attempt to develop more intensively a systematic theory of action. The papers include discussions of the concept of the superego, the ... more »theory of symbolism, and the problem of equilibrium in small groups.« less