Ten questions : a sociological perspective
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Ten questions : a sociological perspective
Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, c2001
4th ed
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This text introduces and examines sociological principles by posing and answering in each chapter questions such as: what does it mean to be human?; are human beings free?; and why is there misery in the world? The book examines the philosophies of classical sociologists such as Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Mead, and Berger and looks at how the field of sociology has approached these questions over the past 150 years.
Table of Contents
- How do sociologists study society? - researching the social world
- what does it mean to be human? - human nature, society and culture
- how is society possible? - the basis for social order
- why are people unequal in society? - the origin and perpetuation of social inequality
- why do we believe what we do? - the creation of social reality
- are human beings free? - the possibility for freedom in society
- why can't everyone be just like us? - the dilemma of ethnocentrism
- why is there misery in the world? - the consequences of inequality, destructive social conflict, socialization, and alienation
- does the individual really make a difference? - an introduction to social change
- is sociology important? - the necessity for a critical understanding of society.
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