A common criticism has been that many social science scholars ( such as economists, sociologists, and psychologists ) in Western countries focus disproportionately on Western subjects, while anthropology focuses disproportionately on the " other "; this has changed over the last part of the twentieth century as anthropologists increasingly, also study Western subjects, particularly variation across class, region, or ethnicity within Western societies, and other social scientists increasingly take a global view of their fields.

The most common criticism of HH Price's afterlife hypothesis has come from the religious community as his suggestions are not consistent with traditional Christian teaching, nor the teachings of any other monotheistic religion.

Use of the term to describe writers, for example, is certainly valid, but less common, and mostly restricted to contexts like criticism.

A common criticism of the 7800 regards its use of the TIA to provide 2-channel sound effects and music, resulting in sound quality that is virtually identical to the Atari 2600 VCS from 1977.

In both these cases, the common denominator for Formalist criticism is style.

A common criticism of full cutoff lighting fixtures is that they are sometimes not as aesthetically pleasing to look at.

The most common is the pupil's concert, which gives experience in playing in public and under a certain degree of pressure, without outright criticism or a more or less arbitrary marking system.

However, in recent years it has become increasingly common for MDI applications to use " tabs " to display the currently opened windows, which has made this criticism somewhat obsolete.

Before the advent of copyright, anonymous and pseudonymous publication was a common practice in the sixteenth century publishing world, and a passage in the Arte of English Poesie ( 1589 ), the leading work of literary criticism of the Elizabethan period and an anonymously published work itself, mentions in passing that literary figures in the court who wrote " commendably well " circulated their poetry only among their friends, " as if it were a discredit for a gentleman to seem learned " ( Book 1, Chapter 8 ).

It follows that another element of philosophical method, common in the work of nearly all philosophers, is philosophical criticism.

A common criticism is that terms chosen by an identity group, as acceptable descriptors of themselves, then pass into common usage, including usage by the racists and sexists whose racism and sexism, et cetera, the new terms mean to supersede.

Another common thread among thinkers associated with the Post-Structuralist movement is the criticism of the absolutist, quasi-scientific claims of Structuralist theorists as more reflective of the mechanistic bias inspired by bureaucratization and industrialization than of the inner-workings of actual primitive cultures, languages or psyches.

* Edwin Black was a rhetorical critic best known for his book Rhetorical Criticism: A Study in Method ( 1965 ) in which he criticized the dominant " neo-Aristotelian " tradition in American rhetorical criticism as having little in common with Aristotle " besides some recurrent topics of discussion and a vaguely derivative view of rhetorical discourse.

A common criticism of X is that its network features result in excessive complexity and decreased performance if only used locally.

However, suppletive use of less and least with count nouns is common in many contexts, some of which attract criticism as nonstandard or low-prestige.

Initiated by Thomas Henry Huxley, the group consisted of such important scientists as Joseph Dalton Hooker, Herbert Spencer, and John Tyndall, along with another five scientists and mathematicians ; these scientists were all avid supporters of Darwin ’ s theory of evolution as common descent, a theory which, during the latter-half of the 19th century, received a great deal of criticism among more conservative groups of scientists.

A common explanation for the multiple versions is that Bruckner was willing to revise his work on the basis of harsh, uninformed criticism from his colleagues.

A common criticism of the Hubble scheme is that the criteria for assigning galaxies to classes are subjective, leading to different observers assigning galaxies to different classes ( although experienced observers usually agree to within less than a single Hubble type ).

The most common criticism of the Kaldor – Hicks criterion is the taking into account of only the absolute level of income, not its distribution.

Gray acknowledges a common criticism of the play: why do the characters not consummate the affair?

( which stands for " Wide Fuckin ' Open ", a common biker term ) was released in September 1994 as an answer to the criticism that I Hear Black had received.

One reviewer even accused Patchen of being " naive ," a common criticism aimed at his work, particularly regarding his fervent, pacifistic beliefs.

Though there was some criticism in the final evaluations of her performance as governor general, mostly for a perceived aloofness and sense of self-importance which her closing of the Rideau Hall estate to the public came to symbolise Sauvé was also described as having been elegant, charming, and a person who could mingle well with common Canadians especially children while also maintaining a sense of the dignity of state.

The numerous political crises of the fledgling colony illustrate the need for legitimacy in a government appropriate for the society it administers, another common theme in Heinlein's books.

The feel of the novels is very " Heinleinesque " ( indeed the first book, A Matter For Men, was dedicated to Heinlein ) and one perception of the books is to look at them as an entire life-cycle of a Heinlein Character, a distinctive sort of character usually central in all of Heinlein's novels, with a recognizable set of key personality traits ( common sense, intelligence, fierce independence, and high competence ), albeit at differing ages, sexes, and experience levels.

The details of the setting of `` Neutral Tones '' are not, strictly speaking, metaphorical, but they combine to create a mood which is appropriate both to a dismal winter day and to the end of love, and in this way love and weather, the emotions and the elements, symbolize each other in a way that is common to many of Hardy's best poems ( `` Weathers '', `` The Darkling Thrush '', and `` During Wind and Rain '', for example ) and to some moving passages in the novels as well ( Far From The Madding Crowd is full of scenes constructed in this way ).

Architecture itself played a role in the naming of Gothic novels, with many titles referring to castles or other common Gothic buildings.

Recent fantasy novels have begun to depart from the more common good vs evil background that became prevalent after Lord of the Rings.

The Vorkosigan Saga is a series of science fiction novels and short stories set in a common fictional universe by American author Lois McMaster Bujold.

Neijia are a common theme in Chinese Wuxia novels and films, and are usually represented as originating in Wudang or similar mythologies.

Smuggling is a common trope or theme in literature and can be found in a wide range of works – from the 18th century novels of Charlotte Turner Smith to Prosper Mérimée's 19th century novella, Carmen ( the inspiration for numerous films as well as Bizet's opera, Carmen ) to the James Bond novel ( and later film ) Diamonds are Forever.

In common with several of his other early novels, the chapter headings have a " feature ".

This portrayal is also common in later novels and jidaigeki.

The Last Man received the worst reviews of all of Mary Shelley's novels: most reviewers derided the very theme of lastness, which had become a common one in the previous two decades.

The background of Mars presented in the novel, as a desert planet crisscrossed by giant canals built by an ancient civilization to bring water from the polar ice caps, is a common scenario in science fiction novels of the early 20th century, and was actually put forward as a plausible theory by some astronomers around the turn of the century, notably Percival Lowell mentioned in the novel.

* Gertrude " Gertie " Lade: Mason's switchboard operator, an " incurable romantic " rarely seen in the TV series but a common presence in the novels.

Uncle Tom's Cabin is written in the sentimental and melodramatic style common to 19th century sentimental novels and domestic fiction ( also called women's fiction ).

The most common theme in Shute's novels is the dignity of work, spanning all classes, whether an Eastern European bar " hostess " ( Ruined City ) or brilliant boffin ( No Highway ).

In his novels Frau Jenny Treibel ; Irrungen, Wirrungen ; and Effi Briest ( 1894 ), he found his very own tone, yielding insights into the lives of the nobility as well as the " common man ".

Beginning with the 1941 novels Universe and Common Sense by Robert A. Heinlein, a common theme is that inhabitants of a generation ship have forgotten they are on a ship at all, and believe their ship to be the entire universe.

* Several Tom Clancy novels refer to " raking the sand traps on the officers ' golf course " at Eglin as a common activity for low-security prisoners at the associated Federal Prison Camp, Eglin, now closed.

In common with his other novels, Ishiguro uses the structural devices of memory and perspective within this novel.

( Such heartlessness of large bureaucracies is another common theme in McCaffrey's novels.

Poetry composition competitions were socially common, as depicted in novels, for example over dessert after a nice dinner.

* Impostors are a common theme in the Blandings Castle series of novels and short stories.

However, given the nature of the subject, this guideline has been applied with common sense, and reference is made to novels in other languages or novelists who are not primarily English where appropriate.

Ellis employs a technique of linking novels with common, recurring characters.

Cameos are also common in novels and other literary works.

Christopher Priest wrote the tie-in novel to accompany the movie eXistenZ, the theme of which has much in common with some of Priest's own novels.