Fundamentals of Sociology: With Special Emphasis Upon Community and Educational Problems

Fundamentals of Sociology: With Special Emphasis Upon Community and Educational Problems
ISBN-10
1330255267
ISBN-13
9781330255261
Series
Fundamentals of Sociology
Category
Social Science
Pages
305
Language
English
Published
2015-06-02
Publisher
Forgotten Books
Author
Edwin A. Kirkpatrick

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Excerpt from Fundamentals of Sociology: With Special Emphasis Upon Community and Educational Problems It may seem presumptuous for a specialist from another field to attempt to outline for young students the essentials in this field, with its immense literature of facts, researches, theories, and speculations, from which is just emerging the new science of sociology that must be the basis of all successful social reforms. Yet freedom from having dwelt on details is an advantage rather than a disadvantage in getting and presenting a general view of a subject. Again, sociology both scientific and practical, has been a subject of interest to the author for more than a quarter of a century, during which time he has been gaining clearer ideas without having them fixed by any one school of thought. Becoming convinced that sociology may be of as much value to education as psychology, he prepared a course which he has given to his own students and to students in summer sessions at the Universities of West Virginia and of Vermont. The response of those students, both elementary and advanced, confirmed his belief in the value of the subject and gave some confidence in the suitability of his presentation for promoting scientific and practical thinking and research in sociological lines. No attempt has been made at completeness of treatment of any topic, but no effort has been spared to reveal the fundamental influences affecting group life and action in its earlier beginnings and in present-day life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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