Second Thoughts: Seeing Conventional Wisdom Through the Sociological Eye

By Janet M. Ruane and Karen A. Cerulo

Book Overview

A perfect supplement to a traditional text or reader, this paperback creatively demonstrates the centrality of sociological thinking and social research for doubting students. Twenty mini-chapters, along with an introduction and conclusion, examine popular conceptions on important social subjects, accepted by many in society as "conventional wisdom." Each chapter provides a sociological take on these popularly held views.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761986650
• ISBN13: 9780761986652
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 5.8" x 0.8"

Customer Reviews

For those who say "sociology is just common sense"!..Think

I have read more than half the book.This book brings out the what society preaches in public and what public practices in private.Its a basic and higly accesible version for a wonderful subject. In some chapters the authors "deviates" and just shows the supportive arguments for his thoughts....but doesn't provide "critical"/"balanced" view..(he does so in that chapter on gender).