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xiiifrom KEY IDEAS IN SOCIOLOGYPreface
This book, in presenting a brief account of the sociological vocation and promise, is designed to serve as a text particularly well-suited for courses in which students are also expected to read from primary texts.
I has two specific goals in mind when setting out write Key Ideas in Sociology. First, I intended for it to provide students with a general overview of the ways in which a number of important ideas have helped sociologists to better understand contemporary societies and human social relations in those societies. At the same time, I wanted to show how those ideas have been continually reformulated by social theorists attempting to respond to the ongoing impact of social change. The second reason for writing the book is related to this last point, for it is an effort to illustrate the value of social theory beyond the classroom. I want students to come to appreciate that theories are not arcane intellectual exercises, but, in fact, are invaluable interpretive guides helping them in the ongoing quest to understand complex and ever-changing social conditions.
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