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A man who has devoted his life to studying society delivers a final report on everything he has learned . . . [Erikson] proves to be a wise guide to a broad field of study. A useful, illuminating analysis. --Kirkus Reviews An Erikson classic. This remarkably ambitious book by one of sociology's very best practitioners is a unique intellectual invitation into the sociological imagination. It is a marvelous way to be inducted into thinking sociologically. --Eviatar Zerubavel, author of Social Mindscapes: An Invitation to Cognitive Sociology With rich detail, intellectual deft, and an extraordinary gift for storytelling, Erikson delivers a tour de force. It is stimulating, eloquent, comprehensive, yet accessible. A must read for every young scholar. --Cecilia Menjivar, University of Kansas Expertly executed and highly engaging, The Sociologist's Eye renders the complex history of our discipline more clearly and elegantly than any other book of its kind. --Jennifer Johnson, Kenyon College The Sociologist's Eye is an immediate classic in the company of Berger and Mills; Erikson's elegant analysis within the framework of perspectives, places, and processes will captivate generations to come. --Diane L. Pike, Augsburg College This is a book like no other. Read one way it is the most elegant of introductions to our field. Read another way it is an intellectual memoir by one of American sociology's most respected scholars and leaders. And read in still another way it is a book that seasoned sociologists and other social scientists of all kinds will read to freshen a sense of what our work can be. --Charles Lemert, author of Social Things: An Introduction to the Sociological Life An Erikson classic. This remarkably ambitious book by one of sociology's very best practitioners is a unique intellectual invitation into the sociological imagination. It is a marvelous way to be inducted into thinking sociologically. --Eviatar Zerubavel, author of Social Mindscapes: An Invitation to Cognitive Sociology With rich detail, intellectual deft, and an extraordinary gift for storytelling, Erikson delivers a tour de force. It is stimulating, eloquent, comprehensive, yet accessible. A must read for every young scholar. --Cecilia Menjivar, University of Kansas Expertly executed and highly engaging, The Sociologist's Eye renders the complex history of our discipline more clearly and elegantly than any other book of its kind. --Jennifer Johnson, Kenyon College The Sociologist's Eye is an immediate classic in the company of Berger and Mills; Erikson's elegant analysis within the framework of perspectives, places, and processes will captivate generations to come. --Diane L. Pike, Augsburg College This is a book like no other. Read one way it is the most elegant of introductions to our field. Read another way it is an intellectual memoir by one of American sociology's most respected scholars and leaders. And read in still another way it is a book that seasoned sociologists and other social scientists of all kinds will read to freshen a sense of what our work can be. --Charles Lemert, author of Social Things: An Introduction to the Sociological Life

An Erikson classic. This remarkably ambitious book by one of sociology's very best practitioners is a unique intellectual invitation into the sociological imagination. It is a marvelous way to be inducted into thinking sociologically. -Eviatar Zerubavel, author of Social Mindscapes: An Invitation to Cognitive Sociology With rich detail, intellectual deft, and an extraordinary gift for storytelling, Erikson delivers a tour de force. It is stimulating, eloquent, comprehensive, yet accessible. A must read for every young scholar. -Cecilia Menjivar, University of Kansas Expertly executed and highly engaging, The Sociologist's Eye renders the complex history of our discipline more clearly and elegantly than any other book of its kind. -Jennifer Johnson, Kenyon College The Sociologist's Eye is an immediate classic in the company of Berger and Mills; Erikson's elegant analysis within the framework of perspectives, places, and processes will captivate generations to come. -Diane L. Pike, Augsburg College This is a book like no other. Read one way it is the most elegant of introductions to our field. Read another way it is an intellectual memoir by one of American sociology's most respected scholars and leaders. And read in still another way it is a book that seasoned sociologists and other social scientists of all kinds will read to freshen a sense of what our work can be. -Charles Lemert, author of Social Things: An Introduction to the Sociological Life

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Kai Erikson is William R. Kenan Jr. Professor Emeritus of Sociology and American Studies, Yale University. He is former President of the American Sociological Association, and has twice won the ASA award for writing the best book published in the year preceding.

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