The Theory of Socialization (Classic Reprint): A Syllabus of Sociological Principles, for the Use of College and University Classes: A Syllabus of ... and University Classes (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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In The Theory of Socialization, discover how individuals become part of a shared social life through ideas, feelings, and cooperation.

The book presents a practical framework for understanding how people learn to live together. It traces how social life grows from appreciation, utilization, and characterization, shaping a social mind that guides behavior, cooperation, and institutions.

Grounded in a detailed plan for teaching sociology, it outlines the key ideas behind socialization, the modes of resemblance that bind groups, and the forces that sustain or reshape social life over time.

• The core concept of socialization as the development of a social character in individuals.


• Three modes of resemblance: kinship, mental/moral similarity, and potential similarity or assimilation.


• How the consciousness of kind drives cooperation, social forces, and class formations.


• Connections between social mind, social control, and the survival or extinction of institutions.

Ideal for readers of sociology and philosophy who want a clear, structured view of how society forms and persists.

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