The Sociologically Examined Life: Pieces of the ConversationIn this lively introductory text, analyses of everyday conversations and experiences are used to inspire students to think sociologically about society and about themselves as social actors. New features for this edition include dialogue boxes where the author responds to students questions in response to previous editions, as well as updated 'related readings' sections directing students to the latest research. Readers are shown how to pay attention to the social world in a sociological way, and how to see the connections between their lives, the lives of others, and the patterns of behaviour that make up society. By interweaving examples looking at race, class, and gender, the book illustrates how power and privilege affect people's experiences and life chances, and how sociological thinking is crucial for effectively pursuing social change. At the end of each chapter, a situation or conundrum is presented with three questions for classroom discussion and writing assignments. |
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... Inventing Categories and Inventing People Even if we believe that one way of schooling , churching , or govern- ing is best , we can still admit that these ways of doing things together depend on ideas and habits invented by people . It ...
... Inventing Categories and Inventing People Even if we believe that one way of schooling , churching , or govern- ing is best , we can still admit that these ways of doing things together depend on ideas and habits invented by people . It ...
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... invented , once upon a time , largely for political reasons . Race is , of course , a social reality . Based on skin tone and place of ancestral origin , people are defined as belonging to races , and such labels can affect how people ...
... invented , once upon a time , largely for political reasons . Race is , of course , a social reality . Based on skin tone and place of ancestral origin , people are defined as belonging to races , and such labels can affect how people ...
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... invented . You could , for example , follow a rule that says , " Accept as true what is written in books that are widely believed to be divinely inspired . " Or you could follow a rule that says , “ Accept as true only those things you ...
... invented . You could , for example , follow a rule that says , " Accept as true what is written in books that are widely believed to be divinely inspired . " Or you could follow a rule that says , “ Accept as true only those things you ...
Contents
Making Sense of the World | 1 |
Becoming Human | 5 |
Studying and Changing | 12 |
Copyright | |
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