Wise words from Max Horkheimer, the original Director of the Institute for Social Reasearch, or the Frankfurt School as it came to be known – this is him speaking in
Bottero and Crossley’s (B & C) (2011) article in Cultural Sociology Worlds, Fields and Networks: Becker, Bourdieu and the Structures of Social Relations makes an important claim that Bourdieu’s theory
Article: Karl Spracklen (2011) Dreaming of drams: authenticity in Scottish whisky tourism as an expression of unresolved Habermasian rationalities, Leisure Studies, 30:1, 99-116 In this paper, Karl Spracklen brings Habermas
The most serious criticism faced by Axel Honneth and his attempt to develop a critical theory of recognition, relates to the place of power relations vis-à-vis the relational world. In
There should be no doubt that with case studies what you gain in depth you lose in breadth – this is the unavoidable compromise that needs to be understood from
Digital citizenship and digital literacies are topics with a growing popularity, given the impact of the so called digital economy debate on curriculum design. Obviously this is debatable and heavily
Designing a research project based on a vague research question is an occupational hazard in any research discipline – but it has particularly implications for fields such as education, health
Book: Derek Hook (2010) Foucault, psychology and the analytics of power (Palgrave Macmillan) I’d hazard a guess that the work of Foucault tends to be included more on programmes in sociology and
Before beginning this post in earnest there is an element of coming out of the closet and associated biases that come with doing so. (Brief pause and clearing of throat)
By John D. Holst and María Alicia Vetter The Chilean sociologist and popular educator, Marta Harnecker, died on June 15, 2019, at the age of 82. When educators think of
This all-day event, taking place in the University of Glasgow on Tuesday July 9th, 2019, is geared towards education researchers who are interested or engaged in hybridising social theory in
Special Issue of the Journal of Applied Social Thery: Character Assassination, Reputation, and Social Judgement Guest Editor: Sergei A. Samoilenko, George Mason University, U.S. Proposal Submission Deadline: April 12th ,
Critical realism: What is it and does it relate to the broader discipline of critical theory? Critical realism was developed most notably in the work of Ram Roy Bhaskar (2007;
Call for chapter submissions for a new edited collection, entitled: Social theory, digital education and the Global South: Critical perspectives Edited by Cristina Costa and Ana Lucia Pereira Book
All parents want the best education for their children (Vincent 2017), but not all parental actions are created equal (Lareau 2015). One of the explanations of this phenomenon provided in
