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The prominent recent repetition of a widespread miscue on the date and description of Weber's magisterial Author's Introduction to the Collected Essays in the Sociology of Religion may serve as an apt point of departure for this essay which I happily dedicate to Talcott Parsons. Apart from his other writings to which only passing reference is made in the present essay, Prof. Parsons' Structure of Social Action and his annotated translation of Weber's Protestant Ethic offered me‐and offered very many others‐indispensable aid in uncovering the structure and meanings of Weber's pioneering investigations into the comparative historical sociology of the world religions.*

The Editor of Psychoanalysis and The Psychoanalytic Review, who also heads the Department of Sociology-Anthropology at the Long Island Center of The State University of New York, dissects the sources of conflict between philosophy and psychiatry and describes the several contending schools of analysis of the day.

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- An Epidemic of Violence: U.S. Homicide Trends -- The Homicide Epidemic: Crafting a Theoretical Framework -- What We Know about the Homicide Epidemic and Where We Go From Here -- The Analytical Approach to the Homicide Epidemic: Measuring Variables and Statistical Modeling -- The Social Context of Major Cities and Tests on the Epidemic Parameters -- The Homicide Epidemic: What We Have Learned and the Next Stage of Inquiry -- Appendices -- References -- Index.