How long does it take to read Sociological Insight?
anintroduction to nonobvious sociology
Sociological Insight by Randall Collins takes about 3 hours 29 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 29 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1982. 190 pages, about 52,250 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 48 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 29 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 11 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Collins’s goal is to share what he refers to as “non-obvious” insights from sociology, to show why sociology is a unique and powerful way of thinking about the social world. The very readable chapters range over topics such as crime, relationships, and power; in each case, Collins shows why thinking about the topic sociologically lets you understand it in a way you might not otherwise.
Subjects: Sociology, Methodology, Terminology, Reasoning (Psychology), Religion and sociology, Sociologie
