This lively and concise text uses analyses of everyday life to inspire students to think sociologically about society and about themselves as social actors.
Table of contents:
1. Making Sense of the World Differently 2. Inventing the Social World 3. Seeing Connections 4. Relationships, Groups, and Interdependence 5. Becoming Human 6. Behavior as a Product of Interaction 7. Seeing Patterns 8. Contingency and Cause 9. Images, Representations, and Accounts 10. Understanding Power in Social Life 11. Differences and Inequalities 12. Studying and Changing the Social World
Table of contents:
1. Making Sense of the World Differently 2. Inventing the Social World 3. Seeing Connections 4. Relationships, Groups, and Interdependence 5. Becoming Human 6. Behavior as a Product of Interaction 7. Seeing Patterns 8. Contingency and Cause 9. Images, Representations, and Accounts 10. Understanding Power in Social Life 11. Differences and Inequalities 12. Studying and Changing the Social World