Connection of Dr. Crawford and Earlier Theorists

Connection of Dr. Crawford and Earlier Theorists

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  • Date Submitted: 04/22/2013 3:00 PM
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It is important to understand the uniqueness of the field of anthropology and its ability to intake the broader scope, both geographically and historically to compare the present human experience in an evolutionary scientific way. In which the holistic aspect, allows the focus to be more of an interpretation by observation. It is then understandable why then, the theories of earlier authors to each specific anthropologist in the present time is essential in their overall conduction of research. David L Crawford, author of Moroccan Households in the World Economy, is no exception to the list. As an educated researcher, his embracing of certain aspects and beliefs of the earlier natural scientist are inevitable to see. In his ethnography, Dr. Crawford provides a detailed study of the patterns of highland Berber life, taking his readers in a journey that guides them through the daily routines of their wage earning in the mist of an extremely demanding environment. He also successfully draws the link between the relationships of the individuals, the community, and the national economy. His strong views, on the belief in the need to understand the subjective from the perspective of the actors, are ones that guide his study.
Although, not one single approach at the gathering of data is clear in the methods used by Dr. Crawford, it is evident that a few layers of each notion are taken. For example, similar to that believe of Durkheim, who was a positivist and functionalist, and who approached religion as a science, Crawford believed the scientific method could be used to study science and the human experience. Perhaps where the father of sociology and Professor Crawford come into disagreement is in their different takes on functionalism. To Durkheim, the mechanical solidarity- believes that some societies are formed by like unites that are autonomous, self sustaining, and not functionally intertwined. Differ from Crawford’s take of society being an, organic...

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