▁In k eles , ▁Ez ra ▁Vog el , ▁and ▁R alf ▁D ahr endorf . ▁ ▁Crit ic ism ▁of ▁B end ix ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 2 , ▁Par s ons ▁wrote ▁two ▁review ▁articles ▁to ▁discuss ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁B end ix , ▁which ▁provide ▁a ▁clear ▁statement ▁on ▁Par s ons ' ▁approach ▁to ▁the ▁study ▁of ▁We ber . ▁B end ix ▁had ▁become ▁well ▁known ▁for ▁his ▁interpret ations ▁of ▁We ber . ▁In ▁the ▁first ▁review ▁article , ▁Par s ons ▁analyz ed ▁the ▁imm igr ant ▁B end ix ' s ▁Emb att led ▁Re ason , ▁and ▁he ▁pra ised ▁its ▁attempt ▁to ▁defend ▁the ▁basic ▁values ▁of ▁cogn itive ▁rational ity , ▁which ▁he ▁un condition ally ▁shared , ▁and ▁he ▁agreed ▁with ▁B end ix ▁that ▁the ▁question ▁of ▁cogn itive ▁rational ity ▁was ▁primarily ▁a ▁cultural ▁issue , ▁not ▁a ▁category ▁that ▁could ▁be ▁reduced ▁from ▁bi olog ial , ▁economic , ▁and ▁social ▁factors . ▁However , ▁Par s ons ▁critic ized ▁how ▁B end ix ▁had ▁proceeded , ▁who ▁he ▁felt ▁especially ▁had ▁mis re present ed ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁Fre ud ▁and ▁Dur k heim . ▁Par s ons ▁found ▁that ▁the ▁mis re presentation ▁was ▁how ▁B end ix ▁t ended ▁to ▁conce ive ▁the ▁question ▁of ▁system atic ▁the or izing , ▁under ▁the ▁concept ▁of ▁" redu ction ism ". ▁Par s ons ▁further ▁found ▁that ▁B end ix ▁approach ▁suffered ▁from ▁a ▁"