“Beyond Strawmen and Red Herrings: What Are the Essentials of Critical Realism?” by Simeon Newman and George Steinmetz

by Laura Donnelly | Jul 15, 2017 | Scholar Spotlight Series

***** In this guest post, Simeon J. Newman and George Steinmetz reflect on some of the recent discussions about critical realism and present their own perspective on what they consider to be the essentials of a critical realist position******   The last several...

Lessons in Reflexivity: Encounters, Standpoint, and Realism

by Laura Donnelly | Jan 30, 2017 | Research & Methods

This is a guest blog post by Paige L. Sweet (Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology at the University of Illinois at Chicago). Her work focuses on the biomedicalization of domestic violence, trauma, and feminist politics. She participated in the 2015 Philosophy of...

Reconstructive Social Theory: Ontology of the Present

by Laura Donnelly | Jan 17, 2017 | Theoretical Reflections

This is a guest blog post by Professor Frederic Vandenberghe of Sociology in the Institute of Social and Political Studies at the State University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Frederic is a leading expert in the field of Critical Realism. He has been working on CR and...

Reconstructive Social Theory: Agency, Culture, and Social Change

by Laura Donnelly | Dec 23, 2016 | Theoretical Reflections

This is a guest blog post by Professor Frederic Vandenberghe of Sociology in the Institute of Social and Political Studies at the State University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Frederic is a leading expert in the field of Critical Realism. He has been working on CR and...

Reconstructive Social Theory: Metatheoretical Reconstruction

by Laura Donnelly | Nov 23, 2016 | Theoretical Reflections

This is a guest blog post by Professor Frederic Vandenberghe of Sociology in the Institute of Social and Political Studies at the State University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Frederic is a leading expert in the field of Critical Realism. He has been working on CR and...