Post 9 >> Free/Themed Post 4

Dear Students,

We have the last themed post for this term. And according to your mails, it should be on your favorite book.

As you write, talk about the following:

-the name of it (of course) 

-a little about who wrote it

-what the book is about 

-and why you like it

- Comments: Ask students to leave a comment on 3 of their classmates posts
- Word Count: 190 words

Here is my post:

Well, I don't believe on the "my-favorite-something" concept, so, I cannot say I have a top one book in my reading list, but after thinking about a book I'd like to post about, "Sociology of Education" by Emile Durkheim popped in my head.

Some would say that Durkheim - a scholar from the XIX - XX centuries - is the father of sociology- and among his works; we can find this analysis of French education. I must say, however, that even though I found some very striking insights in his book, I highly disagree on his functionalist theory of society.

Now, the book I mentioned is a book that tries to account for what French education at his time should be, and how this one should be shaped from then on, in order to contribute the kind of society that was desired. Desired by whom? Well, that another complex question.

His diachronic analysis of where peoples come, where they are, and where they are hitting to, plus the way he unfolds the underlying power of a given educational system in a society to empower a given concept of citizen, made me understand the system in which I myself am inserted much better.

We cannot define our own educational system, without defining where we come from, and where we want to get to.