00000cam a22000003i 4500 UP-1685594773861906998 Buklod 20240412153830.0 g||| | || || ta 240412s2013 caua rb |||1 u|eng d 97840029355 100840029357 (iLib)UPBAG-00009830249 BC-63065 Php2,622.40 BAG rda eng HM 51 C457 2013 Charon, Joel M. 1939- author. Ten questions a sociological perspective Joel M. Charon. 10 questions a sociological perspective. Eighth edition. Belmont, California Wadsworth Cengage Learning ©2013. xiv, 370 pages illustrations 22 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier International edition. Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-353) and index. Preface -- 1: How Do Sociologists Study Society?: Researching The Social World -- Concepts, themes, and key individuals -- Sociology -- Six thinkers -- Importance of rational proof -- Proof, science, and sociology -- Two assumptions of science -- Questions to consider -- References -- 2: What Does It Mean To Be Human? : Human Nature, Society, And Culture -- Concepts, themes, and key individuals -- Human beings are social beings -- Human beings are cultural beings -- Importance of it all -- Q 3: How Is Society Possible?: Basis For Social Order -- Concepts, themes, and key individuals -- Society is a social organization -- Society is possible through social interaction -- Society depends on social patterns -- Society is made possible through voluntary commitment -- Conflict and change contribute to society -- Questions to consider -- References -- 4: Why Are People Unequal In Society?: Origin And Perpetuation Of Social Inequality -- Concepts, themes, andkey individuals -- Why does inequality emerge in the first place? -- Why does inequality continue? -- 5: Are Human Beings Free?: Power Of Society Over Human Thinking And Action -- Concepts, themes, and key individuals -- Meaning of freedom -- Freedom and the control of thought -- Freedom and the control of action --Is any freedom possible? -- 6: Why Can't Everyone Be Just like Us?: Value Judgments, Ethnocentrism,And Human Differences -- Concepts, themes, and key individuals -- Meaning of values -- Values and making value judgments -- Ethnocentrism: my culture is better than your culture -- Reasons ethnocentrism arises -- Humandifferences -- 7: Why Is There Misery In The World?: Society As An Important Source Of Human Problems -- Concepts, themes, and key individuals -- First cause of misery: social inequality -- Second cause of misery: destructive social conflict -- Third cause of misery: socialization -- Fourth cause of misery: alienation -- 8: Does The Individual Really Make A Difference?: An Introduction To Social Change -- Concepts, themes, and key individuals -- Individual's influence on his or her own life -- Individual's influence on other individuals -- Individual versus social organization -- Social change: asociological view -- Some implications for living -- 9: Is Organized Religion Necessary For Society?: Tradition, Modernization, And Secularization -- Concepts, themes, and key individuals -- Defining religion -- Social functions of religion -- Is organized religion still necessary? -- 10: Is The World Becoming One Society?: Globalization And The Creation Of A World Society -- Concepts, themes, and key individuals -- Three views of globalization -- New Technology, new communication, and new globalization -- Capitalism -- Is globalization creating a "world society"? -- Is globalization good for the world? -- Conclusion: globalization and a world society -- 11: Why Study Sociology?: Understanding,Questioning, And Caring -- Concepts, themes, and key individuals -- Sociology and democracy -- Sociology is more than the study of democracy -- Summary and conclusion -- Afterword: Should we generalize about people?: generalizing, categorizing, stereotyping, and the importance of social science -- Concepts, themes, and key individuals -- Categories and generalizations -- Stereotype -- Social science: a reaction to stereotypes. Sociology. United States Social conditions. FO UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN HM 51 C457 2013 Book