Objectivity Book Reviews Samples For Students

There are few theories and theoretical frameworks in the realm of sociology that can rival structuralism and semiology in its scope and lasting impact in the academic realm. The “Durkheim School” as it was called in the academe, was primarily concerned with the matter of treating ‘social facts as things’. The sociologist from which this movement shares its name – Emile Durkheim – advocated for a sociology that was not based on a theory which took the individual as the starting-point of analysis (Thompson 35). Subsequent sociologists that followed Durkheim’s philosophy were also concerned with the objectivity of the field, removed from ...

In the contemporary world, there has been a snowballing concern on historical objectivity aimed at historical writing void of biases. McCullagh in his article, Bias in Historical Description, Interpretation, and Explanation speaks of biased accounts of past historians. This paper seeks to review the article written by McCullagh, Bias in Historical Description, Interpretation, and Explanation.
McCullagh starts his article with a brief synopsis of the exertion of historians F.R. Ankersmit and Hayden White who have written groundbreaking work involving the subjectivity of narrative in history. According to McCullagh, who appreciate the work of Hayden and Ankersmit, claims that, they ignore ...

Summarize the major points of Brooks’ research. What are the themes that comes out and why is it important?

Assess the author’s level of objectivity. In discussing objectivity, discuss the strengths AND weaknesses of Brooks’ ethnographic work?

Which person in the book can you relate to the best and why?

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Scott Brooks who is a former coach is well known as one of the foremost contemporary minds on the subject of sociology. In his excellent book bearing the same name he attempts to dissect the various sociological theories which have been prevalent to this day and which continue to ...

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In Translated Woman: the person being studied is a woman named Esperanza, a street-peddler who lives in Mexico. Unlike most ethnographic studies, the author does not focus as much on an entire population as she does on one person. However, the relationship between the sample and the population (the whole of Mexico) is made clear in several respects. It is implied that much of Esperanza's story, both as a woman and as a poor person in Mexico, is indicative of the whole of the Mexican experience. In the final chapter of the book, Behar herself is studied as an ethnographic figure, ...