Sociology and the Demystification of the Modern World (RLE Social Theory)

Taylor & Francis

Sociology and the Demystification of the Modern World (RLE Social Theory)Author(s): John Rex\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138996373, 978-1138996373\nSynopsis\nProfessor Rexs controversial book concerns not only those who are professional sociologists but all thinking people who live in the modern world. One of the objects of sociology is to give power to the people, to make a contribution to the understanding of political problems. Rex writes from a deep conviction that sociology is a subject whose insights should be made available to the great mass of the people, so that they may liberate themselves from the mystification of social reality that is continually and routinely presented to them through the media, by those who exercise power and by those who have influence.\n\nThe book is dedicated to St Augustine and Franz Fanon, both of whom, Rex points out, were conscious of living in an age which was embarki.