All theory of modernity in sociology suggests that the more modernity there is, the less religion. In my theory we can realize that this is wrong: atheism is only one belief system among many.
One of the key places where sociology should be used is in analyzing ‘the world’ of our times, so that we can be more discerning. To resist the dangers of the world, you have to recognize the distortions and seductions of the world.
I would have liked to have been a professor of sociology.
I guess hip-hop has been closer to the pulse of the streets than any music we’ve had in a long time. It’s sociology as well as music, which is in keeping with the tradition of black music in America.
I wasn’t a great student; I was lazy. But when I was in sociology class, I listened.
History is, strictly speaking, the study of questions; the study of answers belongs to anthropology and sociology.
I see myself working in the tradition of sociology and journalism that tries to bear witness to poverty.
The only school that let me in was U.C. Santa Cruz, which is where I went. They didn’t have a journalism program, so I took sociology, which is the closest thing to journalism.
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