*****An Invitation from TSS*****
Below is a list of ANALYSIS TOOLS that will
be used in The Sociology Shop. It has been
my experience that a clear understanding, a
sociological understanding, of these
concepts is necessary, especially since there
is a great deal of confusion as to just what
they mean in our everyday conversation. A
number of them are used in one way while
their
more fundamental (sociological) meaning gets
obscured. However, the point of presenting
these concepts is more than merely informing.
Rather, the point is to learn to use
them in our everyday thinking. They aren't
something to learn or even memorize...no,
they are to be used. This is sometimes
exceedingly hard
to do given the repetitiveness of the way
we've been taught to reason. Critical
thinking is much more difficult because it
requires us to actually stop and consider how
we're thinking about something.
