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
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
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Life, Practice, and Promise
1 The Forest, the Trees, and the One Thing
2 Culture: Symbols, Ideas, and the Stuff of Life
3 The Structures of Social Life
4 Population and Human Ecology: People, Space, and
Place
5 Us, It, and Social Interaction
6 Things Are Not What They Seem
7 Sociology as Worldview: Where White Privilege Came
From
Epilogue: Who Are We Really?
Notes
Glossary
Index
An updated exploration of sociology as a way of thinking
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.
"There is no better book to help college students understand the
sociological mindset."-Terence J. McGinn, The University of
Michigan
"I love The Forest and the Trees. And, honestly, if there was not a
new edition, I am not sure how I would teach my introduction to
sociology course. My students often comment that it was the best
book in a class they have ever read. I cannot sing the praises of
The Forest and the Trees enough!"-Marisol Clark-Ibáñez, Associate
Professor of Sociology, California State University, San Marcos
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