TEACHSOC: Re: Escape from sociology The full picture

[John Glass]

Del et al   I think if we teach, IMO, two fundamental sociological ideas:   1) all behavior takes place within a context 2) that context is always within a larger social structure   then students (and whomever) can determine what consitutes, "good," "bad," "gloom," "doom," etc. although Mills used "troubles" as the content of the SI, I have always understood it to be much more comprehensive than that (as I think is evidenced by my example above).   as I have mentioned on this list and others, numerous times, sociology is a humanistic enterprise (or at least it was at its conception); as such, there are values inherent in that orientation. i believe that one can also tease out what constitutes good, bad, gloom, doom. etc., from that perspective, too.   john   John E. Glass, Ph.D. Professor of Sociology Colin County Community College Preston Ridge Campus 9700 Wade Boulevard Frisco, TX 75035 +1-972-377-1622 [EMAIL PROTECTED]   "Some bad karma is worth it" Me