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Thoughts on Difficult Reading Projects

Posted on May 25, 2011 by

Fairly early on I remarked to someone that the language that Simmel used within his book was dense.  Quickly shot back was the observation that he was, well, German. As a mono-lingual American (with basic Spanish comprehension), I think in … Continue reading →

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Reading List

Posted on May 8, 2011 by

Until a month ago I had only vague ideas about what I needed to be reading.  After all, I had read a “Who’s Who” book and knew Weber and Durkheim were important.  But looking at a lists of their various … Continue reading →

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Vocabulary

Posted on May 4, 2011 by

I love this Sociology Project of mine because like any good exercise it’s made me stronger.  Although my biceps haven’t grown any bigger, but brain certainly has formed new neural connections and has added to it’s dictionary.  As an early … Continue reading →

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Schools of Thought

Posted on February 17, 2011 by

Within most scientific disciplines there are hundreds of thinkers writing hundreds of books on hundreds of topics.  Without a framework to classify these thinkers its difficult to link the theories proposed or effectively evaluate them.  It is also difficult then … Continue reading →

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