Max Weber is the subject of this contribution to the Cranky Sociologists blog. Along with Emile Durkheim and Karl Marx, he is considered a founding theorist to establish sociology as a unique discipline. Check out this Durkheim vs. Weber table to get a sense of what he was all about.
Two founding sociologists square off at the Crank Sociologists blog.
That’s Emile Durkheim vs. Max Weber. I posted a caricature of Durkheim recently, and one on Weber is forthcoming. And what of Karl Marx, the third in the holy trinity of sociologists? Don’t worry, he’s coming soon, too.
Like a lot of illustrations I do for education sociologist Mark Garrison, this one draws on my political cartooning skills, as much as my caricature and illustration skills. The focus of Mark’s article, Infaming the Public, Part IV: Public Self-Consciousness and Assessment for Democratic Renewal is much broader than this cartoon would imply, but draws upon his discussion of the public – parents, teachers, students – fighting back against top-down imposition of the Common Core Standards. Michelle Rhee has become the poster child of the school reform movement; as such she has made herself an excellent target for satire. That broom she wields was prominent on her TIME magazine cover.
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