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The Forest and the Trees: Sociology as Life, Practice, and Promise

The Forest and the Trees: Sociology as Life, Practice, and Promise - Paperback

by Allan Johnson
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Availability:In StockContributor:Allan JohnsonPublish date:2014-09-12Pages:198
Language:EnglishPublisher:Temple University PressISBN-13:9781439911877ISBN-10:1439911878UPC:9781439911877Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Sociology, MethodologySize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SCVY5W3DZJ
New Third Edition

If sociology could teach everyone just one thing, what would it be? The Forest and the Trees is 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 Third Edition features:
- Updated key references, data, resources, and examples, from global warming, Obama's election, and gay marriage to transgender/cisgender and the Occupy Movement
- A glossary of terms
- The short essays in Chapter 6, framed around the power of sociology, dig beneath easy and popular understandings to reveal what lies beneath
- An additional analysis of how men's violence is made invisible even though most violence is perpetrated by men
- Chapter 7's focus on sociology as a worldview with an analysis of the origins of white privilege
Language:EnglishPublisher:Temple University PressISBN-13:9781439911877ISBN-10:1439911878UPC:9781439911877Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Sociology, MethodologySize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SCVY5W3DZJ
Allan G. Johnson is a nationally recognized sociologist, nonfiction author, novelist, and public speaker best known for his work on issues of privilege and oppression, especially in relation to gender and race. He is the author of numerous books, including The Gender Knot: Unraveling Our Patriarchal Legacy (Temple) and Privilege, Power, and Difference. His work has been translated into several languages and excerpted in numerous anthologies. Visit him online at www.agjohnson.us and follow his blog at www.agjohnson.wordpress.com.
Publisher: Temple University Press

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