A guest post by Hazuki Kajiwara Compared with Western and Northern European countries, Critical Realism (CR) has been somewhat slower to attract attention in Japan. Recently, however, interest has been growing: a new CR study group has been launched, and… Read More »Critical Realism in Japan: Some Recent Developments
By Wojciech Sadlon Margaret Archer, a towering figure in sociology, particularly in the field of critical realism, played a crucial role in shaping the theoretical and methodological framework of my study on Polish Catholicism. Her profound insights, encouragement, and intellectual… Read More »Margaret Archer and Polish Catholicism
Following our recent symposium we are inviting short blog posts (750-1500 words) reflecting on the intellectual legacy of Margaret Archer. These will be published on the Critical Realism Network blog. Here are some examples of themes these posts could address:… Read More »Call for blog posts: the Intellectual Legacy of Margaret Archer
By Caroline Kuhn and Mark Carrigan Critical Realism (CR) and postdigital research have rarely been considered in relation to each other. These are bodies of work with seemingly different interests and approaches, with the latter starting from recognition of the… Read More »Towards a dialogue between CR and Postdigital Research
One of the most exciting outputs from the Critical Realism Network project at Yale was a series of five short videos introducing critical realism, hosted by Katelin Albert. It has taken a while, but we have now been able to… Read More »Critical Realism Video Introductions Launched
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?