Summary Of The Sociology Of Leopard Man

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My main claim is that that I agree with Feys that we need non-conformity it allows society to be different and to have different things caused in the world. This type of personality also helps the world to have more inventions also more to see society different. The general argument made by the author Logan Feys in his work “The Sociology of Leopard Man” . This article informs the readers about Leopard Man the non-conformist that lives in the woods. This gives us the readers the information that we need to know about non-conformity. More specifically, Feys argues that non conformist are more important in society but some people call themselves non-conformist and do some strange things just so they can get the attention from society .

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