Making Sense of Society

Power and Possibility

by Alex Khasnabish  

A fresh and radical approach to introducing social thought to undergraduate social science students, this book reflects the excitement and verve of a field in transition.

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  • May 2022
  • ISBN: 9781773630960
  • 260 pages
  • $50.00
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  • PDF May 2022
  • ISBN: 9781773635385
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About the book

Grounded in the sister disciplines of sociology and anthropology, this textbook is an accessible and critical introduction to contemporary social research. Alex Khasnabish eschews the common disciplinary silos in favour of an integrated approach to understanding and practising critical social research. Situated in the North American context, the text draws on cross-cultural examples to give readers a clear sense of the diversity in human social relations. It is organized thematically in a way that introduces readers to the core areas of social research and social organization and takes an unapologetically radical approach in identifying the relations of oppression and exploitation that give rise to what most corporate textbooks euphemistically identify as “social problems.” Focusing on key dynamics and processes at the heart of so many contemporary issues and public conversations, this text highlights the ways in which critical social research can contribute to exploring, understanding and forging alternatives to an increasingly bankrupt, violent, unstable and unjust status quo.

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What people are saying

Dr. Michael Clow, St. Thomas University

“This is a significant book, aiming to achieve an interdisciplinary examination of society. I would have assumed this to be overly ambitious, if not impossible. Reading the manuscript has convinced me otherwise. The author has produced an impressive contribution to social science textbook writing, one quite beyond anything else I have seen.”

Author

Alex Khasnabish

Alex Khasnabish is a writer, researcher and teacher committed to collective liberation living in Halifax, on unceded and unsurrendered Mi’kmaw territory. He is a professor in sociology and anthropology at Mount Saint Vincent University. His research focuses on radical imagination, radical politics, social justice and social movements.

Contents

  • Becoming Human (co-authored with Anthony Davis)
  • Doing Social Research
  • Making Society
  • Who Are “We”? Identity and Intersections
  • Living Together: Family, Kinship, and Social Bonds
  • Making Meaning, Making Sense: Communication and Belief
  • Making a Living: Economies and Ecologies
  • Power and Order: Inequality, Injustice, and Paths Beyond

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