A Course Of Study In Social Science Classic Reprint

Author : Emory Stephen Bogardus
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333118587
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (185 download)

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Download or read book Introduction to Sociology (Classic Reprint) written by Emory Stephen Bogardus and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Introduction to Sociology There is' need for a course Of study which will introduce the student to the field of the social sciences. It should give him a broad, comprehensive outlook at the beginning of his college work and prepare him for and arouse his interest in further work in the individual social sciences. This study should make it possible for him to choose his life-activity with reference to all the activities Of society and assist him more or less perma uently in keeping his life-work properly oriented and fitted into its proper place in the life-work Of society. Such a course may well be given, not from the uncorrelated points of view of the respective social sciences, but from a societary point of view. It should clearly indicate that a good member of society should be produced before producing the lawyer, the engineer, the physician, or any other professional or occupational type.1 It should emphasize the fact that the qualities which make good members of communities are more important than the accomplishments of life.1 It should be based upon the proposition that the relations of men to one another are more important than the relations of men to nature.1 It should never overlook the fact that the ideal of the United States today, of individual power and success, instead of being a socializing agency, may become the Chief instrument for dis solving the social order itself.1 The course of study in ques tion should show the solidarity of society and the interdepend ence of all its parts. It is here attempted to present, for example, the political or economic factors in social progress not only from a sociological point of view, but in such a way that the student will want to continue along political science or economic lines as the case may be. The student is not urged to follow up this course with purely sociological studies, but the attempt is made to direct his social interest so that it will find wholesome expres sion through law, politics, business, and so forth. In this out line, history may not appear to have received full consideration as an important member of the group of social sciences, but the course is based on historical data, the historical method is used more or less continuously and such constant emphasis is laid on historical explanations and backgrounds that by the time the course is completed, history is likely to have received more than its proportionate attention. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.