Second-Hand Scholarship Needs First-Hand Accounts

Second-Hand Scholarship Needs First-Hand Accounts
Re: Re: I still do sometimes, but everything has already been said -- Andries	Top of thread		Forum

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03/10/2005, 14:11:31
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Andries, most scholars rely on anecdotal information for their research. First-hand biographical reports usually provide the foundation for scholarly research. Indeed, most scholars would rather study the diary of a fifteenth century farmer than peruse the canon of second-hand, scholarly history books. Likewise with former cult victims and their stories, wouldn't you agree?

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Good point, Jonathan --- Jim ( Thu, Mar 10, 2005, 14:54:43 ) ( 290 bytes ) +1

Re: Most research is outdated since the internet --- Andries ( Fri, Mar 11, 2005, 17:54:12 ) ( 540 bytes ) +1

By the way, Andries, what do you think of NRM academia? --- Jim ( Fri, Mar 11, 2005, 18:09:28 ) ( 1009 bytes ) +2

Re: By the way, Andries, what do you think of NRM academia? --- Andries ( Fri, Mar 11, 2005, 18:27:56 ) ( 727 bytes )
Re: The defect of the guru-disciple system (interesting article) --- Andries ( Fri, Mar 11, 2005, 18:44:18 ) ( 0 bytes ) link