Sociology, Unplugged - A Concise Guide to Contemporary Sociology

This concise, clear, accessible book is meant to truly engage students by using personal stories, solid research, and key theories that illustrate how sociologists look at life, the way we understand social dynamics, what "socially constructed" means, and how a sociological sensibility can, ultimately, be liberating.

List of contents

1. The Fact of the Social 2. The Sociological Imagination and Beyond 3. The Reality of Social Construction 4. Intersections 5. Biological or Social? 6. Sex and Society 7. Is All the World a Stage? 8. Deviance 9. Social Change 10. Doing Sociology 11. Sociology as Subversion and Liberation

About the author

Phil Zuckerman is Professor of Sociology at Pitzer College, and the founding chair of the nation's first Secular Studies Program. He is the author of several books, including What It Means to be Moral, The Nonreligious, Living the Secular Life, Faith No More, and Society Without God, and the editor of several volumes, including The Oxford Handbook of Secularism and The Social Theory of W.E.B. Du Bois.

Product details

• Authors: Phil Zuckerman, Zuckerman Phil
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 03.09.2025
• EAN: 9781041064435
• ISBN: 978-1-0-4106443-5
• No. of pages: 108
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Ethnic Studies, Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Methodology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Gender studies, gender groups, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity