I hold a degree in Sociology but I lack the teary eyed outlook on life which seems a requirement if one if going to make a name for themselves in the field of Sociology in this era. For that reason I also earned a degree in engineering and opted for a steady income instead. But, like so many other sociology majors, I read nearly everything Erving Goffman ever published. For a time I was a nearly complete fanatic of his work and style. Unfortunately, Alice Goffman's writing lacks the depth of her father's studies; indeed American Police State is just another Martinique Hotel handwringer complete with all the hopelessnes and despair as the subtext. Why can't sociology majors ever concentrate on the individuals who grow up in ghettos and get on with life? Surely they must represent the majority.
I believe that as long as sociologists continue to write in the Martinique Hotel manner an undue number of tears will be shed without any real work being done. In physics such a machine would be one-hundred percent entropic, i.e. fuel in, nothing out. Or, in the case of Alice Goffman's piece, tears in, nothing out. It is time for a new generation of sociology majors to concentrate on the winners and do research on them to see what makes them different, i.e. such as making the right decisions before acting.
I hold a degree in Sociology but I lack the teary eyed outlook on life which seems a requirement if one if going to make a name for themselves in the field of Sociology in this era. For that reason I also earned a degree in engineering and opted for a steady income instead. But, like so many other sociology majors, I read nearly everything Erving Goffman ever published. For a time I was a nearly complete fanatic of his work and style. Unfortunately, Alice Goffman's writing lacks the depth of her father's studies; indeed American Police State is just another Martinique Hotel handwringer complete with all the hopelessnes and despair as the subtext. Why can't sociology majors ever concentrate on the individuals who grow up in ghettos and get on with life? Surely they must represent the majority.
I believe that as long as sociologists continue to write in the Martinique Hotel manner an undue number of tears will be shed without any real work being done. In physics such a machine would be one-hundred percent entropic, i.e. fuel in, nothing out. Or, in the case of Alice Goffman's piece, tears in, nothing out. It is time for a new generation of sociology majors to concentrate on the winners and do research on them to see what makes them different, i.e. such as making the right decisions before acting.
I hold a degree in Sociology but I lack the teary eyed outlook on life which seems a requirement if one if going to make a name for themselves in the field of Sociology in this era. For that reason I also earned a degree in engineering and opted for a steady income instead. But, like so many other sociology majors, I read nearly everything Erving Goffman ever published. For a time I was a nearly complete fanatic of his work and style. Unfortunately, Alice Goffman's writing lacks the depth of her father's studies; indeed American Police State is just another Martinique Hotel handwringer complete with all the hopelessnes and despair as the subtext. Why can't sociology majors ever concentrate on the individuals who grow up in ghettos and get on with life? Surely they must represent the majority.
I believe that as long as sociologists continue to write in the Martinique Hotel manner an undue number of tears will be shed without any real work being done. In physics such a machine would be one-hundred percent entropic, i.e. fuel in, nothing out. Or, in the case of Alice Goffman's piece, tears in, nothing out. It is time for a new generation of sociology majors to concentrate on the winners and do research on them to see what makes them different, i.e. such as making the right decisions before acting.
I believe that as long as sociologists continue to write in the Martinique Hotel manner an undue number of tears will be shed without any real work being done. In physics such a machine would be one-hundred percent entropic, i.e. fuel in, nothing out. Or, in the case of Alice Goffman's piece, tears in, nothing out. It is time for a new generation of sociology majors to concentrate on the winners and do research on them to see what makes them different, i.e. such as making the right decisions before acting.
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