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Do Not Consider Yourself Free: CW Mills the Realist?

by Sam Stabler | Apr 14, 2018 | Theoretical Reflections

One does not associate the term “realism” with CW Mills. Conventionally, pragmatism is his home. But, that’s mostly because no one (but the kids) took a peace-oriented realist seriously. But after reading The Causes of World War III there can be little doubt that...

Listen Sociologist! The Post-Positivist Revolution in Sociology

by Sam Stabler | Jan 25, 2018 | Theoretical Reflections

Dear Sociologist, I have been thinking over your article’s recent rejection, your gripes about the field, and the trouble with academic publishing. I am of the opinion that academic sociology journals may never deliver us what we really want — a good critical...

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