书籍介绍
翻开这本书之前，你大概以为它会教你一套分析社会的术语和流派。读下去会发现，它真正想给你的是一种“换个角度看日常”的能力：为什么母亲要在水里煮石头骗孩子晚饭快好了？一个看似孤立的自杀行为，为何竟与整个社会的凝聚力息息相关？作者把这些宏大的结构问题，牢牢锚定在你熟悉甚至忽视的生活细节里，让你意识到个人处境背后那只看不见的社会之手。它不满足于让你记住功能论、冲突论这些概念，而是反复逼问你：这些理论如何解释你身边的性别、种族、财富与权力？当然，它也有明显的局限——全书以美国为样本展开，观点难免带着特定国家的视角。若你不介意这份“美国中心”，它仍是一本能真正改变你观察世界方式的入门之书。
作者简介
理查德•谢弗(Richard T. Schaefer)，美国芝加哥大学社会学系硕士、博士，德保罗大学社会学教授。著有《种族与族群》和《美国的种族与族群性》等，文章常见诸《美国社会学期刊》、《当代社会学》、《社会学和社会研究》、《社会学教学》等著名学术期刊。谢弗教授拥有35年丰富的教学经验，曾任教于大学、成人教育计划、护士学校，甚至在全美最高戒备的监狱里开设过社会学讲座。
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核心看点
- 平衡阐释功能论、冲突论与互动论三大理论视角
- 教导运用社会学想象力审视日常生活与社会议题
- 结合全球化视野分析性别、种族、阶级等社会区隔
读者共识
- 语言通俗流畅，概念解释清晰，是公认的优秀入门教材
- 案例丰富贴近生活，能有效启发读者反思日常行为逻辑
- 部分读者认为内容较浅或过于美国中心，需配合其他读物
精彩摘录
- "在许多国家，母亲们会在水里煮石头，为了让她们的孩子相信，晚饭快好了。当她们守在锅旁时，这些女人希望她们营养不良的孩子可以睡着。"
- "Sociology is, very simply, the scientific study of social behavior and human groups. It focuses on social relationships; how those relationships influence people's behavior; and how societies, the sum total of those relationships, develop and change."
- "Durkhein's research suggested that suicide, while a solitary act, is related to group life. Protestants had much higher suicide rates than Catholics; the unmarried had much higher rates than married people; and soldiers were more likely to take their lives than civilians. In addition, there seemed t"
- "Marx's influence on contemporary thinking has been dramatic. His writings inspired those who would later lead communist revolutions in Russia, China, Cuba, Vietnam, and elsewhere."
- "... in Merton's classification scheme, "innovators" are people who accpet the goal of pursuing material wealth but use illegal means to do so, including robbery, burglary, and extortion."
- "Sociologists and other researchers follow five basic steps in the scientific method: (1) defining the problem, (2) reviewing the literature, (3) formulating the hypothesis, (4) selecting the research design and then collecting and analyzing data, and (5) developing the conclusion."
- "... television viewers and radio listeners are often encouraged to e-mail their view on headline news or political contests. Such polls reflect nothing more than the views of those who happend to see the television program (or hear the radio broadcast) and took the time, perhaps at some cost, to reg"
- "The professional society of the discipline, the American Sociological Association, first published the society's Code of Ethics in 1971 and revised it most recently in 1997. It puts forth the following basic principles: 1. Maintain objectivity and integrity in research. 2. Respect the subject's righ"
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