帕森斯的社会理论在社会学界拥有较高的地位,虽然他的理论过于宏观和抽象,但毕竟他是尝试将欧洲经典社会学理论糅合成一个前所未有的宏大框架的第一人。在研究现代性问题时,塔尔科特·帕森斯是一个无法跨越的人物。帕森斯的现代性理论可从现代性的可能、现代性问题的诊断以及治疗三个方面加以阐释。 Parsons’s social theory holds a high position in sociology. Although his theory is too macroscopic and abstract, he is, after all, the first person to attempt to blend the European classical sociological theory into an unprecedented grand framework. Talcott Parsons is an unsurpassable figure in the study of modernity. Parsons’ theory of modernity can be explained from three aspects: the possibility of modernity, the diagnosis of modernity and the treatment.