Critical analysis allows sociologists to be reflective or sceptical about the social world". A critical sensibility requires evidence to back up any argument. It also attempts to define the 'extent to which sociology can and should emulate the natural and physical sciences".Being critical means trying to "uncover and expose as many of the ambiguities, misrepresentations, distortions and falsehoods" of society. One such case is the thought that rich people believe that they are being overtaxed, and that poverty no longer exists. In fact Phillip Raskall exposed that the rich people in fact paid a lower proportion of income tax, and total wealth owned in the country by the top few percent was actually increasing.Critical components allow sociologists to extrapolate and argue a particular sociological view. Having a structural and critical sensibility aids in the analysis of society, whereas historical and cultural perspective permits an understanding of the unique organisation in or between the social world....
