Second Thoughts
Seeing Conventional Wisdom Through the Sociological Eye
4th Edition
Published on 11. June 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
440 pages
978-1-4129-5653-6 (ISBN)
Description
With over 20 essays examining popular conceptions on a wide range of social subjects, this student friendly collection encourages students to take a sociological approach to 'conventional wisdom'. It is a perfect supplement to any introductory sociology course, and a wonderful introduction to the sociological imagination.
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Edition
4th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Publishing group
SAGE Publications Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4129-5653-6 (9781412956536)
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Janet M. Ruane | Karen A. Cerulo
Second Thoughts
Seeing Conventional Wisdom Through the Sociological Eye
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Persons
Karen A. Cerulo (PhD, Princeton University) is Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University. Her research interests include culture and cognition, symbolic communication, media and technology, and comparative historical studies. Professor Cerulo's articles appear in a wide variety of journals, including the American Sociological Review, Contemporary Sociology, Poetics, Social Forces, Sociological Forum, Sociological Inquiry, Communication Research and annuals such as the Annual Review of Sociology and Research in Political Sociology. She is the author of three books: Identity Designs: The Sights and Sounds of a Nation, a work that won the ASA Culture Section's award for the Best Book of 1996 (Rose Book Series of the ASA, Rutgers University Press); Deciphering Violence: The Cognitive Structure of Right and Wrong (Routledge); and Never Saw It Coming: Cultural Challenges to Envisioning the Worst (University of Chicago Press). She has also edited a collection entitled Culture in Mind: Toward a Sociology of Culture and Cognition (Routledge). Professor Cerulo's teaching earned her the Rutgers University Award for Distinguished Contributions to Undergraduate Education. Janet M. Ruane (PhD, Rutgers University) is a Professor of Sociology at Montclair State University. She has served as her department's Coordinator of Undergraduate Advising and as the Advisor of the Graduate Program in Applied Sociology. Professor Ruane's research interests include formal and informal social control mechanisms, domestic violence, media and technology, research methods and applied sociology. She is the author of Essentials of Research Methods (Blackwell) and has contributed articles to several journals, including Sociological Forum, Sociological Inquiry, Law and Policy, Communication Research, Sociological Focus, Journal of Applied Sociology, Science as Culture, Simulation and Games, and Virginia Review of Sociology. Over the years, Professor Ruane has over twenty years of classroom experience, teaching both introductory and advance-level sociology courses as well as graduate courses in applied sociology.
Content
Introduction: The Sociological Perspective METHODS Essay 1. Numbers Don't Lie Concepts Defined and Applied CULTURE Essay 2. Winning is Everything Concepts Defined and Applied Essay 3. Children are Our Most Precious Commodity Concepts Defined and Applied SOCIAL STRUCTURE Essay 4. Love Knows No Reason Concepts Defined and Applied Essay 5. Stress is Bad for Your Well-Being Concepts Defined and Applied Essay 6. The "Golden Years" are Tarnished Years Concepts Defined and Applied CULTURE MEETS SOCIAL STRUCTURE Essay 7. Americans are Becoming More and More Individualistic Concepts Defined and Applied Essay 8. There's Nothing We Can Do About the Weather Concepts Defined and Applied SOCIALIZATION AND IDENTITY Essay 9. What's in a Name? That Which We Call a Rose by Any Other Name Would Smell as Sweet Concepts Defined and Applied Essay 10. Beauty is Only Skin Deep Concepts Defined and Applied STRATIFICATION Essay 11. The More We Pay, the More It's Worth Concepts Defined and Applied Essay 12. Money is the Root of All Evil Concepts Defined and Applied Essay 13. You've Come a Long Way, Baby Concepts Defined and Applied Essay 14. America is the Land of Equal Opportunity Concepts Defined and Applied DEVIANCE, CRIME, AND SOCIAL CONTROL Essay 15. Violence is on the Rise in the United States--No One is Safe Concepts Defined and Applied Essay 16. There Ought to Be a Law Concepts Defined and Applied Essay 17. Honesty is the Best Policy Concepts Defined and Applied SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS: MARRIAGE AND FAMILY Essay 18. The Nuclear Family is the Backbone of American Society Concepts Defined and Applied Essay 19. Marriage is a Failing Institution Concepts Defined and Applied SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS: THE ECONOMY Essay 20. Welfare is Ruining this Country Concepts Defined and Applied Essay 21. Immigrants are Ruining this Nation Concepts Defined and Applied SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS: MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY Essay 22. Technology is Taking Over Our Lives Concepts Defined and Applied SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS: EDUCATION Essay 23. Education is the Great Equalizer Concepts Defined and Applied SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS: RELIGION Essay 24. We Are One Nation Under God Concepts Defined and Applied Conclusion: Why Do Conventional Wisdoms Persist?