Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Sociological therapy and diagnosis: Socioanalysis, sociopractise, socioeducation and sociological heuristics

Sociological therapy and diagnosis: Socioanalysis, sociopractise, socioeducation and sociological heuristics

Berglund, Anders

Paperback

General Sociology

ISBN10: 9181344732
ISBN13: 9789181344738
Publisher: Bod - Books on Demand
Published: Jul 10 2026
Pages: 386
Weight: 1.01
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
How can the social and sociology support the good life? This book investigates what happens if sociology not only analyzes the conditions of human life, but also develops therapeutic practices to help people understand and change their lives in relation to the social world in which they are embedded. While much of sociology has criticized therapeutic practices, this book attempts to take the next step: to formulate a more coherent sociological research program for analysis, diagnosis, practice, socioeducation, and change work, supported by sociological rules of thumb for the good life. At the center of the book is the proposal for an integrative socioanalysis, aimed at understanding human difficulties as socially formed and socially open to change. Sociological diagnoses are not treated as fixed labels, but as heuristic formulations intended to support the good life. The book is a critique of the dominance of psychology, psychotherapy, and psychiatry in caring for contemporary human beings. In this book, Aristotelian Balance Theory is applied in a therapeutic context, building on the theory presented in The Mediocre Society and Aristotelian Balance Theory (2026). It can be read by those interested in sociology, society, and by anyone who wants to explore how sociology can support the search for the good life. The book may serve as a foundation for increasing care for others and ourselves through sociological wisdom.

Also from

Berglund, Anders

View All

Also in

General Sociology

View All