Contemporary Introduction to Sociology: Culture and Society in Transition (The Yale Cultural Sociology Series)
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ISBN: 1594512701 / Publisher: Routledge, January 2008
This introductory-level textbook reflects the idioms and interests of contemporary American life and global social issues. Alexander (sociology, Yale U.) and Thompson (emeritus, sociology, Open U., UK) provide multiple chapters under broad sections of defining sociology, meanings and media, personal worlds and identity, inequalities and identities, and institutions. The title is clearly and accessibly written with a running glossary, theme boxes covering issues of high sociological concern, and chapter-by-chapter pedagogy; an instructor's manual with test questions is available electronically for professors. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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It has been decades since a truly new introduction to sociology has appeared-let alone one from two leading sociologists at the cutting edge of theory and research. Alexander and Thompson's is such a text-the first that takes its lead from the cultural turn in social science and how it transforms the recent practice of sociology. Jargon-free, the text reflects the idioms and interests of contemporary American life and global social issues. It invites students to come to terms with their lives within the current world transition - a combustible leap from modern to postmodern life. It shows how culture is central to understanding many world problems as it challenges readers to confront the risks and potentialities of a postmodern era in which the futures of both the physical and social environment seem uncertain.
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