The Sociology Book Quotes

“Self-identity has become problematic for the individual in ways that are historically unprecedented, and the consequence is a cycle of endless self-questioning and introspection that serves only to confound the individual even more. Ultimately, the result is that our experience of ourselves and everyday life is increasingly played out against a backdrop of ongoing anxiety, restlessness, and unease about who we are, our place in the world, and the rapidity of the changes taking place around us.”
― Sam Atkinson, The Sociology Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

“The function of sociology, as of every science, is to reveal that which is hidden." Pierre Bourdieu”
― DK Publishing, Sosyoloji Kitabı

“Men and women face choices and constraints that differ significantly from those faced by their counterparts in previous eras because of the contradiction between the demands of relationships of any kind (family, marriage, motherhood, fatherhood) and the demands of the workplace for mobile, flexible employees. These choices and constraints are responsible for pulling families apart. Rather than being shaped by the rules, traditions, and rituals of previous eras, Beck and Beck-Gernsheim argue that contemporary family units are experiencing a shift from a “community of need,” where ties and obligations bound us in our intimate lives, to “elective affinities” that are based on choice and personal inclination. In spite of these difficult changes, the lure of the romantic narrative remains strong. In an uncertain society, “stripped of its traditions and scarred by all kinds of risk,” as Beck and Beck-Gernsheim put it, love “will become more important than ever and equally impossible.”
― Sam Atkinson, The Sociology Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

“Industrial processes and… organization have robbed the worker of his craft and its heritage." Harry Braverman”
― Sam Atkinson, The Sociology Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

“In a liquid modern life, there are no permanent bonds, and any that we take up… must be tied loosely so that they can be untied… when circumstances change." Zygmunt Bauman”
― Sam Atkinson, The Sociology Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

“Reduced to a formula, wealth is hierarchic, smog is democratic. Ulrich Beck”
― Sam Atkinson, The Sociology Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained