Category: Theory
Journal of Applied Social Theory Special Edition on Character Assassination
Character assassination is a timeless cross-cultural phenomenon. It has been observed by...
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The ontological conservatism and the new left
The disputes that take place in society, between left and right, however tense they may be, and...
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Introducing Institutional Ethnography for Research in Education
As a College-Based Higher Education (CBHE) course leader I continually, and often frustratingly,...
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To cut off the King’s Head: Foucault goes to Pakistan
Kafkaesque, a term which can be used to construe a postcolonial confusion called Pakistan. It is...
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THE SOCIOLOGICAL VIRUS: Pandemic, Humans, and A.S.T (Alternative Social Theory)
Everything seemed solid until recently as if the certainty of tomorrow was an obvious guarantee, a...
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Bruno Latour and Me: the further adventures of a Slow Associate Professor
About two years ago, I wrote about my ongoing reading of An Inquiry into Modes of Existence – AIME...
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New event: Hybrid social theory and education research: working with conceptual interdisciplinarity
This all-day event, taking place in the University of Glasgow on Tuesday July 9th, 2019, is geared...
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How does critical realism relate to critical theory?
Critical realism: What is it and does it relate to the broader discipline of critical theory?...
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Call for Chapters: Social theory, digital education and the Global South: Critical perspectives
Call for chapter submissions for a new edited collection, entitled: Social theory, digital...
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Ever greater scrutiny: Researching the bureaucracy of educational accountability
This is the title of a book chapter in the following book: Education Governance and Social Theory:...
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Why we need social theory …now!
2018 has been a strange year. Actually, the world has become a particular strange place to me...
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Bourdieu and Reflexivity: opportunities through the habitus clivé?
I was recently asked to present as part of a master class on Bourdieu and Higher Education...
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