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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... reason might be that sociological mindfulness doesn't seem like much fun . Who wants more rules for how to think ? As soon as there are rules , then we must worry about getting it right or wrong . So we might feel like saying , “ Enough ...
... reason might be that sociological mindfulness doesn't seem like much fun . Who wants more rules for how to think ? As soon as there are rules , then we must worry about getting it right or wrong . So we might feel like saying , “ Enough ...
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... reason to avoid dealing with feelings . We might say , " It's too bad that you feel hurt , but if you just think carefully about the situation , you ... Reason is not the enemy of emotion . Reason helps 888 The Sociologically Examined Life.
... reason to avoid dealing with feelings . We might say , " It's too bad that you feel hurt , but if you just think carefully about the situation , you ... Reason is not the enemy of emotion . Reason helps 888 The Sociologically Examined Life.
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... reason to be peacefully self - regulating . I am using reason here , for exam- ple , to argue for the importance of being emotionally responsive to others . A problem arises only when we use reason to avoid listening to others when we ...
... reason to be peacefully self - regulating . I am using reason here , for exam- ple , to argue for the importance of being emotionally responsive to others . A problem arises only when we use reason to avoid listening to others when we ...
Contents
Making Sense of the World | 1 |
Inventing the Social World | 15 |
How to See the Social World Being Made | 25 |
Copyright | |
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