scholarly journals Critical Social Theory and Sustainable Development: The Role of Class, Capitalism and Domination in a Dialectical Analysis of Un/Sustainability

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 443-458 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Fuchs
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Theory ◽  
Critical Social Theory ◽  
Dialectical Analysis ◽  
Critical Social

Social Explanation: Structures, Stories, and Ontology. A Reply to Díaz León, Saul, and Sterken

Disputatio ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (50) ◽  
pp. 245-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sally Haslanger
Keyword(s):  
Social Theory ◽  
Critical Social Theory ◽  
Social Agency ◽  
Metaphysical Explanation ◽  
Gender And Race ◽  
Social Explanation ◽  
Critical Social

Abstract In response to commentaries by Esa Díaz León, Jennifer Saul, and Ra- chel Sterken, I develop more fully my views on the role of structure in social and metaphysical explanation. Although I believe that social agency, quite generally, occurs within practices and structures, the relevance of structure depends on the sort of questions we are asking and what interventions we are considering. The emphasis on questions is also relevant in considering metaphysical and meta-metaphysical is- sues about realism with respect to gender and race. I aim to demon- strate that tools we develop in the context of critical social theory can change the questions we ask, what forms of explanation are called for, and how we do philosophy.

Stretching Situated Knowledge

2020 ◽  
pp. 87-105
Author(s):  
Milja Kurki
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Theory ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Critical Social Theory ◽  
Situated Knowledge ◽  
Ir Theory ◽  
The Social ◽  
Standpoint Epistemology ◽  
Critical Social

This chapter, first of three to develop relational cosmology in conversation with critical social theory and IR theory, argues that at the heart of relational cosmology lies a commitment to situated knowledge. This perspective on knowledge production is similar in some regards to standpoint epistemology but also diverges from it in key respects. The chapter argues that IR scholarship can benefit from close engagement with relational cosmology suggestions as to how our knowledge is limited and how we might need to ‘deal with it’, especially in the social sciences, where there is a tendency to glorify the role of the human in knowing the human.

scholarly journals Beyond unsustainable leadership: critical social theory for sustainable leadership

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 418-444 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jem Bendell ◽  
Neil Sutherland ◽  
Richard Little
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Theory ◽  
Critical Social Theory ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Leadership Studies ◽  
Sustainable Leadership ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Critical Leadership ◽  
Critical Leadership Studies ◽  
Critical Social

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to prepare the conceptual groundwork for the future study of leadership for sustainable development. The paper demonstrates the relevance of Critical Leadership Studies to future research on sustainable development policies and practices. A critical approach is also applied to concepts of sustainable development, with three paradigms of thought described. Design/methodology/approach The approach taken is an extensive literature review in fields of leadership and sustainable development, with a focus on some of the broad assumptions and assertions in those literatures. Findings A key finding is that leadership studies drawing from critical social theory can provide important insights into future research and education on leadership for sustainability. This literature shows that some assumptions about leadership may hinder opportunities for social or organisational change by reducing the analysis of factors in change or reducing the agency of those not deemed to be leading. These limitations are summarised as “seven unsustainabilities” of mainstream leadership research. Research limitations/implications The paper calls for the emerging field of sustainable leadership to develop an understanding of significant individual action that includes collective, emergent and episodic dimensions. The paper then summarises key aspects of the papers in this special issue on leadership for sustainability. Practical implications The implications for practice are that efforts to promote organisational contributions to sustainable development should not uncritically draw upon mainstream approaches to leadership or the training of leaders. Originality/value The authors consider this the first paper to provide a synthesis of insights from Critical Leadership Studies for research in sustainability.

The Nature of Space

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milton Santos
Keyword(s):  
Social Theory ◽  
Social Processes ◽  
Critical Social Theory ◽  
Time And Space ◽  
Critical Social ◽  
Afro Brazilian

In The Nature of Space, pioneering Afro-Brazilian geographer Milton Santos attends to globalization writ large and how local and global orders intersect in the construction of space. Santos offers a theory of human space based on relationships between time and ontology. He argues that when geographers consider the inseparability of time and space, they can then transcend fragmented realities and partial truths without trying to theorize their way around them. Based on these premises, Santos examines the role of space, which he defines as indissoluble systems of objects and systems of actions in social processes, while providing a geographic contribution to the production of a critical social theory.

scholarly journals O REGRESSO DO DESENVOLVIMENTO HUMANO: um sintoma da pandemia de Covid-19?

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 182
Author(s):  
Carla Alessandra da Silva Nunes
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Social Theory ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Social Indicators ◽  
Critical Social Theory ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Documentary Sources ◽  
Exploratory Survey ◽  
Critical Social

O artigo objetiva problematizar a perspectiva do desenvolvimento humano cujo risco de regressão é apontado como uma consequência do período pandêmico deflagrado com a COVID-19. Por meio de um levantamento exploratório baseado em fontes documentais apresenta indicadores sociais que demonstram os desafios do desenvolvimento humano ao longo das últimas décadas, particularmente no Brasil. Reforça quea reflexão orientada pela teoria social crítica marxiana e marxista aponta que os desafios para sustentar as conquistas do desenvolvimento humano para todos não podem ser atribuídos exclusivamente ao coronavírus SARS-Cov-2, porque antes mesmo da crise sanitária, os lentos, mas importantes avanços conquistados já se mostravam insustentáveis na ordem social capitalista, cuja superação é condição para um real e sustentável desenvolvimento da humanidade, na perspectiva da emancipação humana.THE REGRESS OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: A SYMPTOM OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC?AbstractThe article aims to problematize the perspective of human development whose risk of regression is pointed out as a consequence of the pandemic period triggered by COVID-19. Through an exploratory survey based on documentary sources, it presents social indicators that demonstrate the challenges of human development over the last decades, particularly in Brazil. It reinforces that the reflection guided by the Marxian and Marxist critical social theory points out that the challenges to sustain the achievements of human development for all cannot be attributed exclusively to the SARS-Cov-2 coronavirus, because even before the health crisis, the slow but important advances already achieved proved unsustainable in the capitalist social order, whose overcoming is a condition for a real and sustainable development of humanity, in the perspective of human emancipation.Keywords: Human development. Human emancipation. Pandemic

scholarly journals Sociedade em Rede: Paraíso ou Pesadelo? Reflexões acerca de novas formas de articulação social e territorial das sociedades

GEOgraphia ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rainer Randolph
Keyword(s):  
Social Theory ◽  
Critical Social Theory ◽  
Network Society ◽  
Critical Social

Resumo O ensaio visa fornecer elementos conceituais da teoria social crítica a fim de permitir (i) uma leitura crítica da disseminação indiscriminada do termo “rede” e (ii) sua re- apropriação para a caracterização das transformações sociais e territoriais pelas quais passam as sociedades contemporâneas. Interroga, neste sentido, as idéias mais recentemente publicadas por Castells sobre a sociedade em rede, apontando incoerências na abordagem desse autor. Palavras-chave:redes sociais, sociedade em rede.Abstract The article aims to supply conceptual elements of the critical social theory in order to allow (i) a critical apreciation of the term “network” indiscriminate dissemination and (ii) its re- appropriation to characterize social and territorial transformations that are reshaping contemporary societies. Interrogating, in this sense, the ideas more recently published by Castells related to the network-society, pointing out incoherences in that author's approach. Keywords: social nets, network society.

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