Class info: Writing a book critique

There are various ways to write a book critique. Here is one  one example

Here are the basics for doing any reading:

             WHAT YOU SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR WHEN YOU READ

1. What is the author saying? Is it an empirical study?
A conceptual overview? A theoretical elaboration?

2. How might the article be written if it were from a different
theoretical perspective?

3. What is there in the article that can be developed for
further empirical research? What are the implications for
further work?

4. What insights does *this* article provide into *other*
realms of social existence?

5. Is the central functionalist metaphor obvious?

6. Can you identify any social or political ideology in the
work? That is, does it challenge existing social relations?
Re-affirm them? Does it suggest a critique or society?

7. Is the article consistent with "enlightenment principles?"

Return to Jim Thomas's homepage