Sociological Insight: An Introduction to Non-Obvious Sociology

by Randall Collins

Book Overview

Revised and expanded to incorporate recent research, this classic text now offers a more comprehensive introduction to many of sociology's most interesting and elegant ideas, written with a grace and wit that have delighted a generation of students. Beginning with a central problem that distinguishes sociology from most other ways of looking at the world, Randall Collins examines the limits of human rationality and sociological theories of religion,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195074424
• ISBN13: 9780195074420
• Release Date: April 1992
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

A Must-Read!

In this book, Collins instroduces several precepts that most of us have never thought about before. It's guaranteed to challenge some of your most dearly-held beliefs about selfishness, social conhesion, religion, marriage, power and other enigmatic topics. He guides 'dear reader' gently and is without the 'in your face' style of some social theorists, which makes a book you'll buy with nary a reservation for some of your most conservative friends. All in all, a great introduction to sociology. It's written at a college freshman level, which makes it a great beginner's book, but you'll find yourself referring back to it again and again through the years - promise.Two thumbs up for Collins!