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...
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...
by Timothy Rutzou | Dec 7, 2017 | Theoretical Reflections
This is a guest blog post written by Joselito Ranara JIMENEZ from Osaka, Japan, who presented at the Beyond Positivism: Theory, Methods, and Values in Social Science Conference in Montreal, Canada in August 2017. This post first appeared on www.critrealap.net With...
by Timothy Rutzou | Jul 3, 2017 | Theoretical Reflections
In a recent review of the 2015 books Reconstructing Sociology: The Critical Realist Approach by Douglas V. Porpora and The Relational Subject by Pierpaolo Donati and Margaret S. Archer, Neil Gross “rips critical realism a new one”. Gross takes aim at...
by Timothy Rutzou | Mar 7, 2017 | Theoretical Reflections
In the American Sociological Association Theory Section Newsletter Perspectives, senior consultants and affiliated faculty members working with the Critical Realism Network crafted a response to the question: “What is Critical Realism?”. If you...
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...
