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This textbook uses the `riddles' metaphor to introduce social analysis and to communicate the critical, questioning aspects of sociology which are at the heart of its tradition. The book teaches the student how to be aware of the social `riddles' around them and how to solve those riddles using sociological analysis. Case studies, in-depth social analysis, illustrations and discussion questions make it the perfect book for active learning.
The Riddle of Human Freedom
The Riddle of Human Freedom
This chapter will
- Explore three variations on the riddle of freedom—the delicate balance between control and autonomy in social life
- Consider how we are constrained by the social patterns that we create
- Solve the riddle of the unique self
- Introduce the socioautobiography, a reflective use of sociological concepts to examine your own life story
- Sketch a blueprint for a “good society”
How Free are We?
Chapter 1 introduced the riddle of freedom. We explored its many angles in the pages that followed. This riddle of contradiction asks, In what ways are we captives of the very society that we have created? How are we both producers and products of society? The riddle of freedom stretches between two poles. One pole represents social ...
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