Lauren Kurtz Sociology 105 The Annotated Sheet A Guide to filling out the record sheet Article Information This is preliminary information Fill this table in before you start reading Just look at the title and the authors names Title SEL Chapter 2 Inventing the Social World p 16 23 Author s Michael Schwalbe North Carolina State University Analysis Information Examine the article as a whole Try to determine something about the purpose audience and content of the paper before you start reading Look for clues in the title and or subtitle Purpose The purpose of this article is to prove how people give objects more power than necessary We as a society invent the social world and how it works Audience This article is directed at people who invent the social world and how they can adjust their beliefs Subject The subject matter in this paper revolves around how people give power to objects and ideas It is about what the social world is made of and how we develop it as a society with the concepts that are previously embedded in our mindsets Primary Details Start reading If the article has a labeled introduction you should find the author s statement of purpose or thesis statement before the end of that section Thesis To talk about the power of shared belief is to talk about the power of ideas Every part if the social world exists only because of the ideas Lauren Kurtz Sociology 105 Evidence people embrace and act upon 17 That is really what the social world is made of patterns of activity 17 Without ideas to guide inspire and justify what we do we would have no society 17 18 Thou shalt not kill is just an idea but it is a good one for guiding behavior since it makes it safe to live with others To threaten such a basic idea is to threaten society itself 18 Ideas shape people s feelings too When people settle into a way of understanding the world they are also settling into a way of feeling about it about others and about themselves 19 Limits The author limits the article by stating how the views of society are humanly made He is forced to support this view by explaining how people who do not believe in this view are limited in their knowledge Point of View Schwalbe explains how ideas are invented by humans but are not technically written down They are simply made up supported and followed by humans The intelligent concepts are rarely opposed Presentation and Argumentation Keep reading but watch what the author is doing This step requires that you read the article to gain an understanding of how the author presents the evidence and makes it fit into the argument At this stage of the exercise you should also take the time to look up any unfamiliar words or concepts The last few paragraphs of the article should tidy up the discussion show how it all fits together neatly Concepts Words Reification the failure to see the social world as humanly made the tendency to see the humanly made world as having a will and force of its own Conclusion To reify is to forget to be mindful of the social world as a humanly made place As a result we forget that it is within our collective power to re create the world in a better way If we are sociologically mindful we recognize that the social world as it now exists is just one of many possibilities 23 Implications Narrow minded people would find this article extremely useful as long as they are willing to open their minds to a new point of view Also people who are interested in renovating contemporary ideals would find this article beneficial to their concepts I enjoyed this article as well because I thoroughly agree with the author Lauren Kurtz Sociology 105 Evaluation Now that you ve finished reading consider your personal reaction to it not only did I like it it was hard to read or it was boring interesting Evaluating means comparing one thing to some kind of standard that is other articles you ve read in class Personal Reaction I enjoy how the author uses analogies to express his beliefs He states his concepts and then explains them through examples I find this very helpful when learning how to understand his work Evaluation I enjoyed his first chapter more than this one but I definitely liked how he tied both chapters together although they were two separate concepts he connected them at the end Reference Amanda Graham 1998 The Annotated Sheet A Guide to filling out the Record Sheet http www yukoncollege yk ca agraham guides aguide htm
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