In everyday life, people negotiate on issues, entertain offers and
counteroffers, and gain or lose in terms of economic capital,
political power, communal status, and social influence. Although
life goes on in the form of compromise, feelings of discrimination
or misfortune haunt consciously or unconsciously in the minds of
living individuals. History continues in the spirit of forgiveness,
but residues of exploitation or injustice remain conspicuously or
inconspicuously on the records of progressing civilizations. This
study follows an average everyday life to compare individuals with
individuals, individuals with organizations, and organizations with
organizations in their everyday interactions. Through the eyes of
the person, conspicuous and inconspicuous discriminations by one
against another, whether individual or organizational, are
identified in different occasions, on a typical day, at home, in
the workplace, in the community, within the country, around the
world, and throughout the course of life. In the style of Socrates,
Plato, Wittgenstein, and other classical scholarship, this study
uses ordinary, typical situations to demonstrate critical points,
reveal subtle connections, and present important arguments. It
offers vivid examples for what social scientists strive to find:
the extraordinary from the ordinary, the unfamiliar from the
familiar, the different from the similar, and the significant from
the trivial. This study offers an opportunity for readers to
reflect upon their social experiences, and rethink and reshape
their everyday acts and actions.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought |
Release date: |
September 2015 |
First published: |
2013 |
Authors: |
Victor N. Shaw
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
242 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-138-95263-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Sociology, social studies >
Social theory
Promotions
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LSN: |
1-138-95263-X |
Barcode: |
9781138952638 |
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