A post by Tim Rutzou. 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… Read More »The royal road to sociological truth? Is there a need for critical realism?
“…emotions are in themselves generative mechanisms with special tendencies toward action, inaction, and communication. In their most immediate effects, emotions motivate approaching or avoiding behavior.” * This is a guest blog post by Dr. Benjamin Lamb-Books. Benjamin is the author of Angry Abolitionists… Read More »Emotions and Emergence in Sociology: The Critical-Realist Alternative
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 are interested in understanding the complex dynamics and currents of… Read More »What is Critical Realism?
This is a guest post by Onur Özmen (University College London) Onur Özmen is a PhD student at the Institute of Education, University College London and is working on critical realism and ethics. This blog post is adapted from a section of… Read More »Critical Realism and The Art of Gift Giving
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 Social… Read More »Lessons in Reflexivity: Encounters, Standpoint, and Realism
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… Read More »Reconstructive Social Theory: Ontology of the Present
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] 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.… Read More »Reconstructive Social Theory: Agency, Culture, and Social Change
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] This is a guest blog post by Simeon J. Newman who is a doctoral candidate in sociology at the University of Michigan with interests in political, historical and urban sociology, social… Read More »Method in Comparative Political Social Science: Converging on Critical Realism?
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… Read More »Reconstructive Social Theory: Metatheoretical Reconstruction
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… Read More »Reconstructive Social Theory: Habermas, Bhaskar, and Caillé