Famous quotes by Sociologists

Sociologists have long examined the intricacies of human actions as well as the ways in which individuals interact with each other. From the cutting-edge job of Karl Marx to the modern-day theories of Pierre Bourdieu, sociologists have actually given us with a wealth of understanding into the social world. Here, we check out some of one of the most thought-provoking quotes from some of the most prominent sociologists of perpetuity, using us a look right into their unique perspectives on the human condition. From the relevance of recognizing power characteristics to the demand for social change, these quotes supply us with a powerful suggestion of the value of sociology in our lives.
Small: Advertising is the greatest art form of the 20th century
"Advertising is the greatest art form of the 20th century"
Marshall McLuhan, Sociologist
Small: Ads are the cave art of the twentieth century
"Ads are the cave art of the twentieth century"
Marshall McLuhan, Sociologist
Small: Prestige is the shadow of money and power
C. Wright Mills
"Prestige is the shadow of money and power"
C. Wright Mills, Sociologist
Small: But we dont have an example of a democratic society existing in a socialist economy - which is the only real a
"But we don't have an example of a democratic society existing in a socialist economy - which is the only real alternative to capitalism in the modern world"
Peter L. Berger, Sociologist
Small: The point of cities is multiplicity of choice
"The point of cities is multiplicity of choice"
Jane Jacobs, Sociologist
Small: On the one hand, life is made infinitely easy for the personality in that stimulations, interests, uses of tim
"On the one hand, life is made infinitely easy for the personality in that stimulations, interests, uses of time and consciousness are offered to it from all sides. They carry the person as if in a stream, and one needs hardly to swim for oneself"
Georg Simmel, Sociologist
Small: A man may lack everything but tact and conviction and still be a forcible speaker but without these nothing wi
"A man may lack everything but tact and conviction and still be a forcible speaker; but without these nothing will avail... Fluency, grace, logical order, and the like, are merely the decorative surface of oratory"
Charles Horton Cooley, Sociologist
Small: America is an outlier in the world of democracies when it comes to the structure and conduct of elections
"America is an outlier in the world of democracies when it comes to the structure and conduct of elections"
Thomas E. Mann, Sociologist
Small: Innumerable confusions and a feeling of despair invariably emerge in periods of great technological and cultur
"Innumerable confusions and a feeling of despair invariably emerge in periods of great technological and cultural transition"
Marshall McLuhan, Sociologist
Small: The medium is the message. This is merely to say that the personal and social consequences of any medium - tha
"The medium is the message. This is merely to say that the personal and social consequences of any medium - that is, of any extension of ourselves - result from the new scale that is introduced into our affairs by each extension of ourselves, or by any new technology"
Marshall McLuhan, Sociologist
Small: The photograph reverses the purpose of travel, which until now had been to encounter the strange and unfamilia
"The photograph reverses the purpose of travel, which until now had been to encounter the strange and unfamiliar"
Marshall McLuhan, Sociologist
Small: The medium is the message
"The medium is the message"
Marshall McLuhan, Sociologist
Small: The scientist rigorously defends his right to be ignorant of almost everything except his specialty
"The scientist rigorously defends his right to be ignorant of almost everything except his specialty"
Marshall McLuhan, Sociologist
Small: Television brought the brutality of war into the comfort of the living room. Vietnam was lost in the living ro
"Television brought the brutality of war into the comfort of the living room. Vietnam was lost in the living rooms of America - not on the battlefields of Vietnam"
Marshall McLuhan, Sociologist
Small: Societies have always been shaped more by the nature of the media by which men communicate than by the content
"Societies have always been shaped more by the nature of the media by which men communicate than by the content of the communication"
Marshall McLuhan, Sociologist
Small: Schizophrenia may be a necessary consequence of literacy
"Schizophrenia may be a necessary consequence of literacy"
Marshall McLuhan, Sociologist
Small: Publication is a self-invasion of privacy
"Publication is a self-invasion of privacy"
Marshall McLuhan, Sociologist
Small: Politics will eventually be replaced by imagery. The politician will be only too happy to abdicate in favor of
"Politics will eventually be replaced by imagery. The politician will be only too happy to abdicate in favor of his image, because the image will be much more powerful than he could ever be"
Marshall McLuhan, Sociologist
Small: Our Age of Anxiety is, in great part, the result of trying to do todays job with yesterdays tools and yesterda
"Our Age of Anxiety is, in great part, the result of trying to do today's job with yesterday's tools and yesterday's concepts"
Marshall McLuhan, Sociologist
Small: One of the effects of living with electric information is that we live habitually in a state of information ov
"One of the effects of living with electric information is that we live habitually in a state of information overload. There's always more than you can cope with"
Marshall McLuhan, Sociologist
Small: Obsolescence never meant the end of anything, its just the beginning
"Obsolescence never meant the end of anything, it's just the beginning"
Marshall McLuhan, Sociologist
Small: Ideally, advertising aims at the goal of a programmed harmony among all human impulses and aspirations and end
"Ideally, advertising aims at the goal of a programmed harmony among all human impulses and aspirations and endeavors. Using handicraft methods, it stretches out toward the ultimate electronic goal of a collective consciousness"
Marshall McLuhan, Sociologist
Small: I wouldnt have seen it if I hadnt believed it
"I wouldn't have seen it if I hadn't believed it"
Marshall McLuhan, Sociologist
Small: I think of art, at its most significant, as a DEW line, a Distant Early Warning system that can always be reli
"I think of art, at its most significant, as a DEW line, a Distant Early Warning system that can always be relied on to tell the old culture what is beginning to happen to it"
Marshall McLuhan, Sociologist
Small: I dont necessarily agree with everything I say
"I don't necessarily agree with everything I say"
Marshall McLuhan, Sociologist
Small: Historians and archaeologists will one day discover that the ads of our time are the richest and most faithful
"Historians and archaeologists will one day discover that the ads of our time are the richest and most faithful reflections that any society ever made of its entire range of activities"
Marshall McLuhan, Sociologist
Small: Great art speaks a language which every intelligent person can understand. The people who call themselves mode
"Great art speaks a language which every intelligent person can understand. The people who call themselves modernists today speak a different language"
Marshall McLuhan, Sociologist
Small: Good taste is the first refuge of the non-creative. It is the last-ditch stand of the artist
"Good taste is the first refuge of the non-creative. It is the last-ditch stand of the artist"
Marshall McLuhan, Sociologist
Small: For tribal man space was the uncontrollable mystery. For technological man it is time that occupies the same r
"For tribal man space was the uncontrollable mystery. For technological man it is time that occupies the same role"
Marshall McLuhan, Sociologist
Small: Far more thought and care go into the composition of any prominent ad in a newspaper or magazine than go into
"Far more thought and care go into the composition of any prominent ad in a newspaper or magazine than go into the writing of their features and editorials"
Marshall McLuhan, Sociologist
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