Insight: Important Sociological Issues of the 21st Century is a book that details some of the critical issues of our time including politics, lifestyle issues relating to fitness and exercise, religion and psychology including a new social psychology theory of human need fulfillment. Much of the analysis used in this book is based on a concept known as "sociological imagination." A sociological imagination is the ability to see things socially and how they interact and influence each other. To have a sociological imagination requires one to "think ourselves away from our daily routines and look at them anew." The actions of people are much more important than the acts themselves. It is my fondest hope that imaginative sociological thought has gone into the presentation of the various topics covered in this book.