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Book cover for The Sociology Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
Where one person describes a painting as “nice,” and another as “passé,” we learn little about the artwork, but much more about the person and their habitus.
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Niccolò Machiavelli
“And he who becomes master of a city accustomed to freedom and does not destroy it, may expect to be destroyed by it, for in rebellion it has always the watchword of liberty and its ancient privileges as a rallying point, which neither time nor benefits will ever cause it to forget.”
Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

Jack London
“But the man dreaming greatly and pressed by sordid necessity, he is the man who must confront the absolute contradiction. He is the man who cannot pour his artist-soul into his work and exchange that work for bread and meat. The world is strangely and coldly averse to his exchanging the joy of his heart for the solace of his stomach. And to him is it given to discover that what the world prizes most it demands least, and that what it clamors the loudest after it does not prize at all.”
Jack London, Complete Works of Jack London

John Steinbeck
“And the families did survive and grow. They had a tool or a weapon that is also nearly gone, or perhaps it is only dormant for a while. It is argued that because they believed thoroughly in a just, moral God they could put their faith there and let the smaller securities take care of themselves. But I think that because they trusted themselves and respected themselves as individuals, because they knew beyond doubt that they were valuable and potentially moral units — because of this they could give God their own courage and dignity and then receive it back. Such things have disappeared perhaps because men do not trust themselves any more, and when that happens there is nothing left except perhaps to find some strong sure man, even though he may be wrong, and to dangle from his coattails.”
John Steinbeck, Delphi Complete Works of John Steinbeck

“Industrial processes and… organization have robbed the worker of his craft and its heritage." Harry Braverman”
Sam Atkinson, The Sociology Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

“Self-identity has become problematic for the individual in ways that are historically unprecedented, and the consequence is a cycle of endless self-questioning and introspection that serves only to confound the individual even more. Ultimately, the result is that our experience of ourselves and everyday life is increasingly played out against a backdrop of ongoing anxiety, restlessness, and unease about who we are, our place in the world, and the rapidity of the changes taking place around us.”
Sam Atkinson, The Sociology Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

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