The next time some academics tell you how important diversity is ask how many Republicans there are in their sociology department.

Like many students I found the drudgery of real experiments and the slowness of progress a complete shock and at my low points I contemplated other alternative careers including study of the philosophy or sociology of science.

I got a degree in sociology didn't read much fiction in college and I was a pretty political left-wing type of guy. I wanted to do some kind of work in social change and make things better for the poor man and I was very romantic and passionate about it.

All theory of modernity in sociology suggests that the more modernity there is the less religion. In my theory we can realize that this is wrong: atheism is only one belief system among many.

I met my wife Anne who was a sociology student and her influence together with activities associated with the student movement of the time opened up my interests amongst other things into the theatre art music politics and philosophy.

History sociology economics psychology et al. confirmed Joyce's view of Everyman as victim.

History is strictly speaking the study of questions the study of answers belongs to anthropology and sociology.

Black literature is taught as sociology as tolerance not as a serious rigorous art form.