dʒˈɔːɹdʒ ɹˈɪtsɚ ɹᵻpˈoːɹts "ɪt hˈæzbiːn sˈɛd ðæt hiː ɹˈoʊt ðɪs ˈɑːɹɾɪkəl, æt lˈiːst ɪn pˈɑːɹt, æz ɐ pˈæɹədi ʌv mˈɜːtənz stɹˈʌktʃɚɹəlfˈʌŋkʃənəl ɐnˈæləsˌɪs,
George Ritzer reports "It has been said that he wrote this article, at least in part, as a parody of [Merton's] structural-functional analysis,