The Forest and the Trees: Sociology as Life, Practice, and Promise
by Johnson, AllanEdition: Revised
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2008-03-28
Publisher(s): Temple Univ Pr
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Summary
If sociology could teach everyone just one thing, what would it be?The Forest and the Treesis one sociologist's response to the hypothetical-the core insight with the greatest potential to change how people see the world and themselves in relation to it.This revised and updated edition features:- A new chapter that brings together the various aspects of the sociological model described in previous chapters with a detailed application to the origins of racism- A discussion of how individuals can participate in social change by stepping off paths of least resistance- The addition of graphics to illustrate the sociological model of systems and individuals
Table of Contents
| Introduction: Life, Practice, and Promise | p. 1 |
| The Forest, the Trees, and the One Thing | p. 7 |
| Culture: Symbols, Ideas, and the Stuff of Life | p. 37 |
| The Structures of Social Life | p. 76 |
| Population and Human Ecology: People, Space, and Place | p. 111 |
| Us, It, and Social Interaction | p. 130 |
| Living the Practice and the Promise | p. 152 |
| A Simple Framework for a Complicated World | p. 171 |
| Notes | p. 187 |
| Index | p. 197 |
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