{"id":39012,"date":"2024-11-27T21:20:05","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T21:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/scheid-the-gods-the-state-and-the-individual-book-review-and-analysis-of-scholarly-argument\/"},"modified":"2024-11-27T21:20:05","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T21:20:05","slug":"scheid-the-gods-the-state-and-the-individual-book-review-and-analysis-of-scholarly-argument","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/scheid-the-gods-the-state-and-the-individual-book-review-and-analysis-of-scholarly-argument\/","title":{"rendered":"Scheid, The Gods, the State and the Individual Book Review and Analysis of scholarly argument"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.714286rem; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.714286; cursor: auto;\"><strong style=\"cursor: auto;\">Essay 2:<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"cursor: auto;\">Academic book review and analysis of scholarly argument \u2013 Scheid<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong>(6 pages double-spaced)<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.714286rem; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.714286; cursor: auto;\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.571429rem; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">Step one<\/span>: Familiarize yourself with the<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">genre<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span>of the academic book review by reading ten or more reviews written by other scholars in a journal such as<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><em style=\"cursor: auto;\">Classical Review<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/em>(<a style=\"cursor: auto;\">link<\/a>) on the York library system. However, do<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"cursor: auto;\">not<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span>read scholarly reviews of Scheid\u2019s own book.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.571429rem; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">Step two<\/span>: Carefully read and study the assigned book (you may omit chapters 3 and 7), paying careful attention to Scheid\u2019s<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">main argument<\/span>and how that argument is supported by sub-arguments in the chapters.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.571429rem; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">Step three<\/span>: Write a review essay in which you<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">explain<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span>in your own words two things: (1) Scheid\u2019s main arguments or theory (regarding civic religion or<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><em style=\"cursor: auto;\">polis<\/em>-religion) as developed throughout the chapters; and, (2) key hypotheses of the alternative scholarly position Scheid refutes.&nbsp; In the process, you will want to discuss the author\u2019s method or approach and what types of evidence Scheid employs to support his arguments.&nbsp; Do you find Scheid\u2019s argument convincing or not, and in what ways?&nbsp; Be sure to provide concrete examples (citing page numbers in parentheses) of the problems or strengths you discuss.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0px 2.571429rem; cursor: auto;\">IMPORTANT:&nbsp; An academic book review essay is<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"cursor: auto;\">NOT<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span>a summary of the content of the book.&nbsp; The main focus should be on you explaining the purpose and argument of the book in your own words and you should not be frequently quoting the book (even though you will certainly be citing page numbers to support your claims about Scheid\u2019s arguments).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Please follow the instructions clearly, and use simple English grammar when writing this Book review and analysis of scholarly argument.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">This is NOT A BOOK REVIEW*<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Please do in-text citation with the chapter and page number.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">These are all the chapters that can be used in this essay, chapters 3 and 7 are excluded*<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Essay 2:&nbsp;Academic book review and analysis of scholarly argument \u2013 Scheid&nbsp;(6 pages double-spaced) Step one: Familiarize yourself with the&nbsp;genre&nbsp;of the academic book review by reading ten or more reviews written by other scholars in a journal such as&nbsp;Classical Review&nbsp;(link) on the York library system. However, do&nbsp;not&nbsp;read scholarly reviews of Scheid\u2019s own book. Step two: Carefully [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/39012"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/39012\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=39012"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=39012"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=39012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}