Sociology Quotes Quotes

“we should not say that an act offends the common consciousness because it is criminal, but that it is criminal because it offends the common consciousness”
― Émile Durkheim, The Division of Labor in Society

“Do not choose friends who only flatter you, but who understand you. True friendship implies willingness to speak frankly, to point out the mistakes we made and to exchange opinions freely.”
― Eraldo Banovac

“Friendship can thrive only where there is no self-interest involved.”
― Eraldo Banovac

“The fear of exposing one's private life gives way to the desire to "over-expose" it to every one.”
― Paul Virilio, The Information Bomb

“It is very disappointing that there are many people willing to do everything to live comfortably except to work hard.”
― Eraldo Banovac

“There are a lot of people who do not care about public interest. In fact, they always cater to their own self-interests.”
― Eraldo Banovac

“Knowledge cannot be inherited nor can it simply be gifted.”
― Eraldo Banovac

“A great professor considers his student's success as a reflection of his own. He will not remain indifferent in the case of continuous poor exam results, but will do as much as possible to overcome such a situation.”
― Eraldo Banovac

“Destiny is not what limits her.”
― Simone de Beauvoir, Extracts From: The Second Sex

“To 'remake woman', society would have had to have already made her really man's equal.”
― Simone de Beauvoir, Extracts From: The Second Sex

“Siyasî hürriyet dedikleri ferdin devlete ve kanunlara teslimiyetinden ibaret.”
― Cemil Meriç, Bu Ülke

“We all advocate for changes – until the time comes when we should change ourselves.”
― Eraldo Banovac

“I believe that the long-lasting progress of human civilization will continue. There will come a time when scientists will make discoveries that are completely unimaginable today.”
― Eraldo Banovac

“The natural fact that in every society exist children and adults, young and old, women and men, sick and healthy, weak and strong, as well as the socially marginalized and privileged, poor and rich, attracts the attention of sociologists and particularly lawyers only when problems appear in the social relations between these groups.”
― Milovan M. Mitrović

“Mental islands are very dangerous.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“If men were content to love a peer instead of a slave — as indeed some men do who are without either arrogance or an inferiority complex — then women would be far less obsessed with their femininity; they would become more natural and simple and would easily rediscover themselves as women, which, after all, they are.”
― Simone de Beauvoir, Extracts From: The Second Sex

“A rumor is the fastest runner.”
― Eraldo Banovac

“There are people who ask others how to do something, not with the intention to learn, but so that others do it instead of them.”
― Eraldo Banovac

“Don’t be disappointed when facing a problem for which no easy solution is possible. Always bear in mind that a good idea on how to solve the problem may come out of the blue.”
― Eraldo Banovac

“A knowledge-based society – that’s what I advocate for.”
― Eraldo Banovac

“For every hour you are drunk you lose an hour of reality.”
― Eraldo Banovac

“Its never too late to learn sociology, it's essential to read sociology and digest it”
― Sociology Group

“Lies move fast because they have an expiry date. All items that are about to expire sell fast and for a cheap price. In contrast, the truth remains fixed because it knows its existence is forever. Most importantly, the truth is priceless.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“When you tell their story, don't include your opinion about them. Rewriting their struggle is an injustice to their true narrative.”
― Algazelus

“Eminent thinkers are energy stars.”
― Randall Collins, Interaction Ritual Chains

“There is more money in more hands these days, and today’s poor have more to spare than the middleclass of yore.”
― B.S. Murthy, Glaring Shadow - A Stream of Consciousness Novel

“Son zamanların en çok konuşulan konularından biri yapay zeka. Yapay zekanın yükselişini ve yaygınlaşmasını olumlu açıdan değerlendirenler de var, olumsuz açıdan değerlendirenler de...
Yapay zekayı insanın yok oluşuyla ilişkilendiren korku senaryolarının tersi konumda, bir de, onun hatalı kararlar veren ve sınırlı bilişsel yetilere sahip insandan daha üstün, daha doğru, daha iyi kararlar alacağını düşleyen umutlular var. Onlara göre, insanın yanlış kararları bilişsel özelliklerinin yetersizliğinden kaynaklanıyor. Oysa bu, ne yazık ki doğru değil. İnsanlığın geliştirdiği yapay zeka, kimi açılardan, ancak insanlığın kendisinin olabildiği kadar akıllı-mantıklı ya da akılsız-mantıksız. Büyük hayaller kurmamak gerekiyor; çünkü öyle yapınca hayal kırıklıklarımız da büyük olacak.
Bilgi çağı, uzay çağı, yapay zeka çağı, büyük veri çağı vb. Hep geleceğe ilişkin varsayımlara ve çıkarımlara dayanan ifadeler. Bunlar, çoğunlukla, teknolojik belirlenimciliğe yaslanıyorlar. Bunlara göre, teknoloji öyle ilerleyecek ki toplumu peşinden sürükleyecek. Bunu teknoloji fetişizmi izliyor. O her şeyin ötesinde, her şey teknolojiden sonra geliyor. Oysa toplumsal süreçlerden bağımsız bir teknoloji yoktur; çünkü yeni buluşlar da bilimsel süreçler de toplumdan bağımsız değildir.”
― Ulaş Başar Gezgin, Zeka Fetişizmine Karşı: Yapay Zeka, Büyük Veri, Bilişsel Bilim ve Gelecekbilim Üzerine

“This sense of the need to decide, when no respected rules were in place according to which to make a decision, is perhaps what makes revolutionary moments so performative, and troubled times so amenable to charismatic leaders”
― Isaac Ariail Reed, Power in Modernity: Agency Relations and the Creative Destruction of the King’s Two Bodies

“Freedom should not simply become a slogan or a meaningless word, it should become a profoundly complex way of thinking and acting, never complete, always tenuous, always attacked, and always worth creating and defending."
-from "Ten Questions”
― Joel M. Charon, Ten Questions: A Sociological Perspective Fifth Edition

“We are who others are. We cannot exist in this world devoid of other people’s grace. There will always be a time when we have to face others, whether we like it or not. From the minute we are born, we have to face the embrace of our mother and father. To us, they are other people; they are not you, even though parts of them live through you. From the time you are born, you have unequivocally entered a social contract with your mother and father – that you will live in this world.”
― Billy Poon, The Why Of Life: Why We Live Without Purpose and How to Find Meaning in a Pointless Life