Critical Analysis of Selection from Entropy: A New World View by Jeremy Rifkin



Critical Analysis of Selection from Entropy: A New World View by Jeremy Rifkin

Introduction

This discussion will analyze a specific section from Entropy: A New World View by Jeremy Rifkin. The analysis will constitute an examination of the material and make a critical review of it. In addition, the discussion will also look for statements not supported by facts in addition to statements that are not clear or fail to make sense. Following the discussion constituting the critical evaluation, the conclusion of this paper will present the observations of the paper in a nutshell and converge on the final remarks on Entropy: A New World View by Jeremy Rifkin.

Critical Analysis

The article appears to be based on extensive research and investigation. However, there is a need to understand that there is a need for improvement in the presentation and substantiation of the assertions that the author has presented (Rifkin, 1980). A close analysis of Entropy: A New World View reveals that this need can be evidenced from the fact that the use of statistical and factual information in the article appears to be nothing more than a bare minimum. Substantiating assertions through facts and figures would have increased the reliability and authenticity of the article significantly. In the same vein, a repeated reading of the article revealed that most of the context development that the author has carried out in the article is essentially nothing more than the practice of taking information for granted. The author has attempted to utilize the topic sentence of each paragraph as an instrument for the development of the context for the discussion to follow (Rifkin, 2000). These topic sentences have been observed to be restricted and limited in terms of their presentation of the foundation. Following up these topic sentences with an extended explanation of the subject matter would have made a significant difference - particularly if this extension of context would have incorporated references to secondary sources (Rifkin, 2000).

A notable weakness of the article is that it engages in a highly global discussion. No specifics have been provided and the applicability of the conclusions and findings nearly jeopardizes their authenticity and reliability (Rifkin, 1999). However, this does not necessarily invalidate the authors' thesis and findings. In fact, it would be fair to bring this article analysis to a conclusion with the assertion that the authors have managed to adequately support their thesis assertions and their approach is undeniably holistic. A close analysis of Entropy: A New World View reveals that while there are certain areas in the article that could have been better executed; it is fair to perceive that the authors have adopted an approach that has served the purpose of the article more than sufficiently (Rifkin, 1980).

Another notable characteristic of the article is that the author chooses to provide examples and references towards the end of each sub-topic (Rifkin, 1996). Most of the discussion continues to flow through the paragraphs and it ...