出版社: University of Chicago Press
副标题: How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article
出版年: 1986-3-15
页数: 187
定价: USD 9.95
装帧: Paperback
ISBN: 9780226041087
内容简介 · · · · · ·
Social scientists, whether earnest graduate students or tenured faculty members, clearly know the rules that govern good writing. But for some reason they choose to ignore those guidelines and churn out turgid, pompous, and obscure prose. Distinguished sociologist Howard S. Becker, true to his calling, looks for an explanation for this bizarre behavior not in the psyches of his...
Social scientists, whether earnest graduate students or tenured faculty members, clearly know the rules that govern good writing. But for some reason they choose to ignore those guidelines and churn out turgid, pompous, and obscure prose. Distinguished sociologist Howard S. Becker, true to his calling, looks for an explanation for this bizarre behavior not in the psyches of his colleagues but in the structure of his profession. In this highly personal and inspirational volume he considers academic writing as a social activity.
Both the means and the reasons for writing a thesis or article or book are socially structured by the organization of graduate study, the requirements for publication, and the conditions for promotion, and the pressures arising from these situations create the writing style so often lampooned and lamented. Drawing on his thirty-five years' experience as a researcher, writer, and teacher, Becker exposes the foibles of the academic profession to the light of sociological analysis and gentle humor. He also offers eminently useful suggestions for ways to make social scientists better and more productive writers. Among the topics discussed are how to overcome the paralyzing fears of chaos and ridicule that lead to writer's block; how to rewrite and revise, again and again; how to adopt a persona compatible with lucid prose; how to deal with that academic bugaboo, "the literature." There is also a chapter by Pamela Richards on the personal and professional risks involved in scholarly writing.
In recounting his own trials and errors Becker offers his readers not a model to be slavishly imitated but an example to inspire. Throughout, his focus is on the elusive work habits that contribute to good writing, not the more easily learned rules of grammar and punctuation. Although his examples are drawn from sociological literature, his conclusions apply to all fields of social science, and indeed to all areas of scholarly endeavor. The message is clear: you don't have to write like a social scientist to be one.
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这算是第二本关于学习和学术方面的书,庆幸最近读的这两本都是外国人写的,完全不像想象中的教科书那样枯燥,更多的是研究思想、学术理念的传播。 对于书中的主要观点进行整理如下: 1.写作之前就要认识到自己写的是“初稿”,不要企图一次写出完美的稿子。 2.找到一... (展开)The Craft of Writing Papers: Reviews of Writing for Social Scientists
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0 有用 子曰 2011-04-11 21:42:48
随笔书一本
1 有用 [已注销] 2016-05-30 00:47:50
写作恐惧那里简直直戳心坎。不过更多的给了“不应该怎么样”的建议,具体可行的正面建议其实挺少的。
0 有用 Loch~ 2012-06-07 11:23:04
萌书一本
0 有用 真猪奶茶 2017-01-17 14:49:34
不是写得不好,但,没有鸟用
0 有用 ^ 2022-02-02 17:58:50
总结一哈儿,大胆冒险地写作,谨慎地车轮战地修改。“当你感觉无法用自己的语言来表达意思时,你应该警惕自己不要被文献压垮了”。 https://nbviewer.org/github/SocratesAcademy/tricks/blob/main/Writing4SocialScientists.ipynb
0 有用 OCEANUNRAVEL 2024-03-14 13:05:37 法国
读于research conduct课后,这门课恰好提供了Becker认为学术写作必需的友好、坦率的互助小组(想到也许就要结束学生生涯,难免伤春悲秋)。Risk一章写出了太多人的心声,提笔前得做好期望管理;至于revision,我真该问问自己为何很愿意从事帮别人修改文字的工作,却常常不肯改写自己的文章。Becker的写作风格原来是这样的,感觉可以高高兴兴地去看他的其他著作了。
0 有用 Hu'an29 2023-03-11 02:43:33 美国
讲writing的书 短小精悍些会好
0 有用 山无中 2022-09-01 01:56:12 天津
是那种比较宏观的指导性读物,像心灵鸡汤一样,告诉你一些你早就知道但是由于各种原因没有照做的道理,然后再一遍一遍重复。挺适合不赶due的时候翻一翻,会让自己对写论文有一种好了伤疤忘了疼的愚蠢的跃跃欲试
0 有用 ^ 2022-02-02 17:58:50
总结一哈儿,大胆冒险地写作,谨慎地车轮战地修改。“当你感觉无法用自己的语言来表达意思时,你应该警惕自己不要被文献压垮了”。 https://nbviewer.org/github/SocratesAcademy/tricks/blob/main/Writing4SocialScientists.ipynb
3 有用 makzhou 2021-10-02 11:55:35
在写博士论文的时候,因为对自己写作感到沮丧,所以有一天在亲戚家拿了这本书——亲戚虽然拿到了人类学的学位,但正如贝克尔在第二章里所写的那样,对学术界充满了怀疑和失望,最终离开。不过他把书都给了我。可当时我太急于完工,拿回家之后一直束之高阁。这一晃十年过去了。前天整理书架的时候发现了它。一打开就合不上。我想十年前我应该不会欣赏它,会在第二章的吐槽就停下来,会对那些人名毫无感觉,然后厌恶地扔掉这本书。但... 在写博士论文的时候,因为对自己写作感到沮丧,所以有一天在亲戚家拿了这本书——亲戚虽然拿到了人类学的学位,但正如贝克尔在第二章里所写的那样,对学术界充满了怀疑和失望,最终离开。不过他把书都给了我。可当时我太急于完工,拿回家之后一直束之高阁。这一晃十年过去了。前天整理书架的时候发现了它。一打开就合不上。我想十年前我应该不会欣赏它,会在第二章的吐槽就停下来,会对那些人名毫无感觉,然后厌恶地扔掉这本书。但在接触了这么许多书里提到的人、事之后,有一种完全不同的感觉。这是一本非常亲切的小书。我不知道怎么推荐它。是关于实用技能(四、五、八章)还是丰沛的情感与幽默(三、六章)?我从头到尾细细读了每个段落,仔细掂量了作者说的方法,Howie B rules。贝克尔这样的老一辈作者展现给我看似简单的文字的力量。 (展开)