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The institution of critique and the critique of institutions
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The authors argue that Boltanski's pragmatic sociology makes an important contribution to two central concerns of critical theory: the empirical analysis of the contradictions and conflicts of critical theories, and the analysis of conflicts among critical theories.Abstract:
My paper argues that Luc Boltanski’s pragmatic sociology makes an important contribution to two central concerns of critical theory: the empirical analysis of the contradictions and conflicts of ca...read more
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Debating Humanity: Towards a Philosophical Sociology
TL;DR: Debating Humanity as discussed by the authors explores sociological and philosophical efforts to delineate key features of humanity that identify us as members of the human species and defends a universalistic principle of humanity as vital to any adequate understanding of social life.
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On Justification and Critique: Luc Boltanski’s Pragmatic Sociology and International Relations
TL;DR: Boltanski's pragmatic sociology is mainly inspired by pragmatism and ethnomethodology, but it is still concerned with sociology as a critical project of emancipation as discussed by the authors, which can greatly advance international political sociology by further developing a practice theoretical account which reconciles Bruno Latour's Actor-Network Theory and Pierre Bourdieu's praxeology.
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The rise of the randomistas: on the experimental turn in international aid
TL;DR: In recent years, the use of experimental methodologies has emerged as a central means of evaluating international aid interventions as mentioned in this paper, and randomized control trials (randomized control trials) have been used to evaluate the effectiveness of aid interventions.
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The New Spirit of Capitalism
Luc Boltanski,Eve Chiapello +1 more
TL;DR: A century after the publication of Max Weber's The Protestant Ethic and the "Spirit" of Capitalism, a major new work examines network-based organization, employee autonomy and post-Fordist horizontal work structures.
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The Struggle for Recognition. The Moral Grammar of Social Conflicts
Thelma McCormack,Axel Honneth +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors consider a situation where a subject's only appropriate response to an injury to its own person is to defend itself actively against its assailant, which they call a "struggle".
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The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity
TL;DR: Habermas' philosophical discourse of modernity as mentioned in this paper is regarded as an important contribution to Frankfurt School critical theory and has been characterized as a critical contribution to the development of critical theory.