The wisdom of sociology: Sam Richards at TEDxLacador
How can an academic discipline like Sociology be life changing? This talk suggests one way by exploring how sociologists teach us to re-imagine our personal ...
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Translator: Claudia Sander Reviewer: Denise RQ When I was young, I thought that my freedom and my independence were the two most important things in my life. And in fact, I thought that happiness could only come from me directing my own destiny, in a way that was independent and free from the influences of other people. And then I began studying sociology. And this threw a wrench into that thinking because the core idea of sociology is that we are shaped by other people around us. So how could I be free? But nonetheless, I continued, I held these two things in balance largely because I only understood sociology down here. And I think, in retrospect, I was like most people, because we all know that we are shaped by other people, but so many of us, myself included, for many years, ...
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Translator: Claudia Sander Reviewer: Denise RQ When I was young, I thought that my freedom and my independence were the two most important things in my life. And in fact, I thought that happiness could only come from me directing my own destiny, in a way that was independent and free from the influences of other people. And then I began studying sociology. And this threw a wrench into that thinking because the core idea of sociology is that we are shaped by other people around us. So how could I be free? But nonetheless, I continued, I held these two things in balance largely because I only understood sociology down here. And I think, in retrospect, I was like most people, because we all know that we are shaped by other people, but so many of us, myself included, for many years, ...
