By Dena Freeman and Heikki Patomäki The Global Left in a Multipolar World is a new open access book which explores how a transformative global left politics might be advanced in the world-political context of the 2020s, 2030s, and beyond.… Read More »The Future of the Global Left
This guest post by Shannon Brincat and Heikki Patomäki introduces their new book on dialectics as a global form of thought, drawing on a range of non-Western as well as European traditions. Dialectical Dialogues in Global International Relations offers a… Read More »Dialectical Dialogues in Global International Relations
A guest post by Steve Ash [Editor’s note: The Centre for Critical Realism is hosting an online book launch event on Tuesday 26 April 2022, where Steve will explain the core argument of his book, then respond to comments from… Read More »Explaining Morality
This is a guest blog post from Emma Greeson as part of our “Dear Sociologist” series. Emma is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of California, San Diego. Her work focuses on exchange and valuation, bringing… Read More »Facts and values in Trumpology: the case for 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 Sam Stabler (Ph.D. candidate in Sociology at Yale University) reflecting upon his presentation “Sociological Critique, Pragmatism, and Moral Practice” at the International Association for Critical Realism 2016 Annual conference. Breakdown: Dehumanization Revisited Presenting… Read More »Sociological Critique, Pragmatism, and Moral Practice
This post was originally published on September 4th on Margarita Mooney’s homepage. Is Viktor Frankl’s life a story of resilience or vulnerability? It’s both, I think. Frankl survived the Nazi concentration camps and went on to an influential career as a psychiatrist… Read More »Virtue and Vulnerability
