“The excitement of sociology is usually of a different sort… It is not the excitement of coming upon the totally unfamiliar, but rather the excitement of finding the familiar becoming transformed in its meaning.” – Peter Berger
Category Archives: Sociology Quotes
In Honour of Nelson Mandela Day
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” In honour of the upcoming celebration of his life and courage, UNICEF released a video about the many names of Mandela.
Classic Quote of the Week: Ann Oakley on the Sociology of Women’s Unpaid Work
“Clearly, society has a tremendous stake in insisting on a woman’s natural fitness for the career of mother: the alternatives are all too expensive.” – Ann Oakley
Commit Sociology
The Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said, ‘this is not a time to commit sociology.’ He is wrong. Now is always the right time to commit sociology.
Dr Martin Luther King: “Public Sociologist Par Excellence”
“We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.” – Dr Martin Luther King Jr is described as “a public sociologist par excellence.” We look at how sociology students can model his use of sociology to transform society, through civil rights principles.
“If We Began to Believe That Wall Street is Expendable…”
“If we began to believe that Wall Street is expendable, perhaps we would regulate it properly so that it would do what it should do, and only that.” – Jeff Madrick
Sociology at Work 