Michael Halewood
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3604408 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Michael Halewood |
| PRENOMES | Michael |
| SOBRENOME | Halewood |
| ASSINATURA | HALEWOOD M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Essex |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5122-3990 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 21 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 45 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 20 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1992 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Cross-scale chronological analysis of Southeast Asia's seed regulations and emerging challenges for seed commons
Seed regulatory frameworks paradoxically often attempt to increase farmers' access to quality seed via restrictions on their production and exchange. Efforts to balance regulatory objectives lead to tensions between the legal situation of ‘informal’ and ‘formal’ seed systems. This is especially true for vegetatively propagated crops with decentralized, farmer-dominated seed systems. In Southeast Asia, cassava (Manihot esculenta) exemplifies an ec…
Is sociology a moral science
This article uses the work of David Hume, J. S. Mill and Émile Durkheim to trace the ambiguous and difficult relations between the concepts of the moral and the social within the development of Sociology. The works of Hume and Mill will be examined in terms of their respective attempts to develop a Moral Science, and the limitations and legacy of their respective approaches will be analyzed. The article will then demonstrate how Durkheim signals …
Du Bois on sociology, double consciousness and imagination
This article explores Du Bois’ specific understanding of Sociology, arguing that he utilized and developed a specific form of active imagining. Du Bois’ use of imagination is a process of reimagining, grounded in his experience of racialized modernity. He uses sociological narratives to redirect the imaginations of his audiences by teaching them to see what they have been trained to ignore. Simultaneously, he develops and deploys ways of thinking…
Enhancing farmers’ agency in the global crop commons through use of biocultural community protocols
Crop genetic resources constitute a ‘new’ global commons, characterized by multiple layers of activities of farmers, genebanks, public and private research and development organizations, and regulatory agencies operating from local to global levels. This paper presents sui generis biocultural community protocols that were developed by four communities in Benin and Madagascar to improve their ability to contribute to, and benefit from, the crop co…
The Inhumanity of Symbolism
Whitehead is clear that language and symbols are important for humans. But they are not generated solely from or by humans. If they were, Whitehead's philosophy would fall back into a sophisticated humanism and would lack metaphysical bite. This chapter traces the inhumanity of symbols in order to return to a more specific understanding of what Whitehead can tell us about the intersections of humans, language, and symbolism. It discusses the ways…
A Question of Faith
A Question of Faith? Stengers and Whitehead on Causation and Conformation Michael Halewood (bio) Introduction Generalized solutions with apparently limitless applications are anathema to Isabelle Stengers, who demands that we recognize the specificity of the remit of the abstractions that we are constructing. One hallmark of her work is the distrust of any response that appears to be able to mollify a wide range of positions, problems or question…
Situated speculation as a constraint on thought
In this chapter it is asked whether speculation can be considered to be a worthwhile method for sociology or social theory. In order to respond to this question, the chapter starts by contrasting imagination and speculation. Then A. N. Whitehead’s thoughts on speculative philosophy and ‘imaginative generalization’ is analysed, as set out in Process and Reality, where he outlines how neither of these can be taken as emanating solely from the human…
Do those diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease lose their souls? Whitehead and Stengers on persons, propositions and the soul
In this article, I use the work of Alfred North Whitehead and Isabelle Stengers to challenge the biomedical and commonsense view that those diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease suffer an irreparable and inevitable loss of self and that this loss is inextricably tied to a decline in linguistic capability which itself bears immediate witness to a deterioration in the brain. Through an analysis of Whitehead's (1933, 1938) provocative conceptualization…
On equal temperament
In this article, I use Stengers’ (2010) concepts of ‘factish’, ‘requirements’ and ‘obligations’, as well as Latour’s (1993) critique of modernity, to interrogate the rise of Equal Temperament as the dominant system of tuning for western music. I argue that Equal Temperament is founded on an unacknowledged compromise which undermines its claims to rationality and universality. This compromise rests on the standardization which is the hallmark of t…
Rethinking the Social Through Durkheim, Marx, Weber and Whitehead
According to some social theorists, we are at the end of the social. This book argues that such pronouncements may be premature, as we need to reengage with what sociologists have previously meant by the social. 'Rethinking the Social' is the first book to systematically analyse the different concepts of the social developed by Durkheim, Marx and Weber. It examines how the concept of the social became unproblematic for twentieth-century writers a…
What kind of goods are plant genetic resources for food and agriculture? Towards the identification and development of a new global commons
Plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA) were once widely considered to be global public goods. Recently, however, access to subsets of PGRFA has been subject to various forms of exclusive technological and legal restrictions. In reaction, numerous voluntary pooling initiatives – from local to global scales – are being experimented with, in an attempt to re-strike a balance more supportive of agricultural research and development.…
What kind of goods are plant genetic resources for food and agriculture? Towards the identification and development of a new global commons
Plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA) were once widely considered to be global public goods. Recently, however, access to subsets of PGRFA has been subject to various forms of exclusive technological and legal restrictions. In reaction, numerous voluntary pooling initiatives – from local to global scales – are being experimented with, in an attempt to re-strike a balance more supportive of agricultural research and development.…
Butler on Whitehead
Foreword Deena M. . . Judith Butler Chapter 2: After Performativity: Concern and Critique Vikki Bell Chapter 3: Provocative Reflections: Judith Butler on Subjectivity, Objectivity, and Moral Obligations Randy Ramal Part II: Butler and Whitehead Chapter 4: Undoing and Unknowing: The Widening Relations of Judith Butler and Alfred North Whitehead Catherine Keller Chapter 5: Adventure and Risk: Exploring Creative Possibility for True Ethical Responsi…
On natural-social commodities. The form and value of things
This article re-reads Marx's account of the commodity as a socio-natural entity. In doing so, it re-evaluates the status of the political (as opposed to questions of political economy) in Marx's analysis and also reads his argument in light of Actor-Network-Theory's call for the thingness of things to be taken seriously. The paper argues that there is a complex duality to the commodity as it is always comprised of both use-value and exchange-valu…
Olli Pyyhtinen, Simmel and 'The Social
Governing the management and use of pooled microbial genetic resources
The paper highlights lessons learned over the last thirty years establishing a governance structure for the global crop commons that are of relevance to current champions of the microbial commons. It argues that the political, legal and biophysical situation in which microbial genetic resources (and their users) are located today are similar to the situation of plant genetic resources in the mid-1990s, before the International Treaty on Plant Gen…
Introduction to Special Section on A.N. Whitehead
Being a Sociologist and Becoming a Whiteheadian
This article is an attempt to operationalize A.N. Whitehead's ontological approach within sociology. Whitehead offers lessons and clues to a way of re-envisioning 'sociological practice' so that it captures something of the nature of a 'social' that is at once real and constructed, material and cultural, and processual and actual. In the course of the article, the terms 'operationalize' and 'sociology' will themselves be transformed, not least be…
A.N. Whitehead, Information and Social Theory
This article introduces the work of A.N. Whitehead and analyses his relevance to contemporary social theory. It demonstrates how a range of authors have recently utilized the work of Whitehead across a range of topics and holds that there is a need for a general introduction to his work that will open up his ideas and possible impact to a wider readership. White-head’s work is introduced through a discussion of his critique of the philosophical a…
On Whitehead and Deleuze
Reviewed by: On Whitehead and Deleuze:The Process of Materiality Michael Halewood (bio) Newton's methodology for physics was an overwhelming success. But the forces which he introduced left Nature still without meaning or value. . . . A dead nature aims at nothing. It is the essence of life that it exists for its own sake, as the intrinsic reaping of value. A. N. Whitehead, Modes of Thought1 Introduction In his long career, Alfred North Whitehead…
The Efficiency of the Common Law
On Whitehead and Deleuze
Reviewed by: On Whitehead and Deleuze:The Process of Materiality Michael Halewood (bio) Newton's methodology for physics was an overwhelming success. But the forces which he introduced left Nature still without meaning or value. . . . A dead nature aims at nothing. It is the essence of life that it exists for its own sake, as the intrinsic reaping of value. A. N. Whitehead, Modes of Thought1 Introduction In his long career, Alfred North Whitehead…
Being a Sociologist and Becoming a Whiteheadian
This article is an attempt to operationalize A.N. Whitehead's ontological approach within sociology. Whitehead offers lessons and clues to a way of re-envisioning 'sociological practice' so that it captures something of the nature of a 'social' that is at once real and constructed, material and cultural, and processual and actual. In the course of the article, the terms 'operationalize' and 'sociology' will themselves be transformed, not least be…
What kind of goods are plant genetic resources for food and agriculture? Towards the identification and development of a new global commons
Plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA) were once widely considered to be global public goods. Recently, however, access to subsets of PGRFA has been subject to various forms of exclusive technological and legal restrictions. In reaction, numerous voluntary pooling initiatives – from local to global scales – are being experimented with, in an attempt to re-strike a balance more supportive of agricultural research and development.…
A.N. Whitehead, Information and Social Theory
This article introduces the work of A.N. Whitehead and analyses his relevance to contemporary social theory. It demonstrates how a range of authors have recently utilized the work of Whitehead across a range of topics and holds that there is a need for a general introduction to his work that will open up his ideas and possible impact to a wider readership. White-head’s work is introduced through a discussion of his critique of the philosophical a…
Rethinking the Social Through Durkheim, Marx, Weber and Whitehead
According to some social theorists, we are at the end of the social. This book argues that such pronouncements may be premature, as we need to reengage with what sociologists have previously meant by the social. 'Rethinking the Social' is the first book to systematically analyse the different concepts of the social developed by Durkheim, Marx and Weber. It examines how the concept of the social became unproblematic for twentieth-century writers a…
Enhancing farmers’ agency in the global crop commons through use of biocultural community protocols
Crop genetic resources constitute a ‘new’ global commons, characterized by multiple layers of activities of farmers, genebanks, public and private research and development organizations, and regulatory agencies operating from local to global levels. This paper presents sui generis biocultural community protocols that were developed by four communities in Benin and Madagascar to improve their ability to contribute to, and benefit from, the crop co…
On natural-social commodities. The form and value of things
This article re-reads Marx's account of the commodity as a socio-natural entity. In doing so, it re-evaluates the status of the political (as opposed to questions of political economy) in Marx's analysis and also reads his argument in light of Actor-Network-Theory's call for the thingness of things to be taken seriously. The paper argues that there is a complex duality to the commodity as it is always comprised of both use-value and exchange-valu…
Do those diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease lose their souls? Whitehead and Stengers on persons, propositions and the soul
In this article, I use the work of Alfred North Whitehead and Isabelle Stengers to challenge the biomedical and commonsense view that those diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease suffer an irreparable and inevitable loss of self and that this loss is inextricably tied to a decline in linguistic capability which itself bears immediate witness to a deterioration in the brain. Through an analysis of Whitehead's (1933, 1938) provocative conceptualization…
On equal temperament
In this article, I use Stengers’ (2010) concepts of ‘factish’, ‘requirements’ and ‘obligations’, as well as Latour’s (1993) critique of modernity, to interrogate the rise of Equal Temperament as the dominant system of tuning for western music. I argue that Equal Temperament is founded on an unacknowledged compromise which undermines its claims to rationality and universality. This compromise rests on the standardization which is the hallmark of t…
The Efficiency of the Common Law
A.N. Whitehead, Information and Social Theory
This article introduces the work of A.N. Whitehead and analyses his relevance to contemporary social theory. It demonstrates how a range of authors have recently utilized the work of Whitehead across a range of topics and holds that there is a need for a general introduction to his work that will open up his ideas and possible impact to a wider readership. White-head’s work is introduced through a discussion of his critique of the philosophical a…
On Whitehead and Deleuze
Reviewed by: On Whitehead and Deleuze:The Process of Materiality Michael Halewood (bio) Newton's methodology for physics was an overwhelming success. But the forces which he introduced left Nature still without meaning or value. . . . A dead nature aims at nothing. It is the essence of life that it exists for its own sake, as the intrinsic reaping of value. A. N. Whitehead, Modes of Thought1 Introduction In his long career, Alfred North Whitehead…
Introduction to Special Section on A.N. Whitehead
Being a Sociologist and Becoming a Whiteheadian
This article is an attempt to operationalize A.N. Whitehead's ontological approach within sociology. Whitehead offers lessons and clues to a way of re-envisioning 'sociological practice' so that it captures something of the nature of a 'social' that is at once real and constructed, material and cultural, and processual and actual. In the course of the article, the terms 'operationalize' and 'sociology' will themselves be transformed, not least be…
Governing the management and use of pooled microbial genetic resources
The paper highlights lessons learned over the last thirty years establishing a governance structure for the global crop commons that are of relevance to current champions of the microbial commons. It argues that the political, legal and biophysical situation in which microbial genetic resources (and their users) are located today are similar to the situation of plant genetic resources in the mid-1990s, before the International Treaty on Plant Gen…
Olli Pyyhtinen, Simmel and 'The Social
Butler on Whitehead
Foreword Deena M. . . Judith Butler Chapter 2: After Performativity: Concern and Critique Vikki Bell Chapter 3: Provocative Reflections: Judith Butler on Subjectivity, Objectivity, and Moral Obligations Randy Ramal Part II: Butler and Whitehead Chapter 4: Undoing and Unknowing: The Widening Relations of Judith Butler and Alfred North Whitehead Catherine Keller Chapter 5: Adventure and Risk: Exploring Creative Possibility for True Ethical Responsi…
On natural-social commodities. The form and value of things
This article re-reads Marx's account of the commodity as a socio-natural entity. In doing so, it re-evaluates the status of the political (as opposed to questions of political economy) in Marx's analysis and also reads his argument in light of Actor-Network-Theory's call for the thingness of things to be taken seriously. The paper argues that there is a complex duality to the commodity as it is always comprised of both use-value and exchange-valu…
What kind of goods are plant genetic resources for food and agriculture? Towards the identification and development of a new global commons
Plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA) were once widely considered to be global public goods. Recently, however, access to subsets of PGRFA has been subject to various forms of exclusive technological and legal restrictions. In reaction, numerous voluntary pooling initiatives – from local to global scales – are being experimented with, in an attempt to re-strike a balance more supportive of agricultural research and development.…
What kind of goods are plant genetic resources for food and agriculture? Towards the identification and development of a new global commons
Plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA) were once widely considered to be global public goods. Recently, however, access to subsets of PGRFA has been subject to various forms of exclusive technological and legal restrictions. In reaction, numerous voluntary pooling initiatives – from local to global scales – are being experimented with, in an attempt to re-strike a balance more supportive of agricultural research and development.…
Rethinking the Social Through Durkheim, Marx, Weber and Whitehead
According to some social theorists, we are at the end of the social. This book argues that such pronouncements may be premature, as we need to reengage with what sociologists have previously meant by the social. 'Rethinking the Social' is the first book to systematically analyse the different concepts of the social developed by Durkheim, Marx and Weber. It examines how the concept of the social became unproblematic for twentieth-century writers a…
On equal temperament
In this article, I use Stengers’ (2010) concepts of ‘factish’, ‘requirements’ and ‘obligations’, as well as Latour’s (1993) critique of modernity, to interrogate the rise of Equal Temperament as the dominant system of tuning for western music. I argue that Equal Temperament is founded on an unacknowledged compromise which undermines its claims to rationality and universality. This compromise rests on the standardization which is the hallmark of t…
Do those diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease lose their souls? Whitehead and Stengers on persons, propositions and the soul
In this article, I use the work of Alfred North Whitehead and Isabelle Stengers to challenge the biomedical and commonsense view that those diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease suffer an irreparable and inevitable loss of self and that this loss is inextricably tied to a decline in linguistic capability which itself bears immediate witness to a deterioration in the brain. Through an analysis of Whitehead's (1933, 1938) provocative conceptualization…
Situated speculation as a constraint on thought
In this chapter it is asked whether speculation can be considered to be a worthwhile method for sociology or social theory. In order to respond to this question, the chapter starts by contrasting imagination and speculation. Then A. N. Whitehead’s thoughts on speculative philosophy and ‘imaginative generalization’ is analysed, as set out in Process and Reality, where he outlines how neither of these can be taken as emanating solely from the human…
The Inhumanity of Symbolism
Whitehead is clear that language and symbols are important for humans. But they are not generated solely from or by humans. If they were, Whitehead's philosophy would fall back into a sophisticated humanism and would lack metaphysical bite. This chapter traces the inhumanity of symbols in order to return to a more specific understanding of what Whitehead can tell us about the intersections of humans, language, and symbolism. It discusses the ways…
A Question of Faith
A Question of Faith? Stengers and Whitehead on Causation and Conformation Michael Halewood (bio) Introduction Generalized solutions with apparently limitless applications are anathema to Isabelle Stengers, who demands that we recognize the specificity of the remit of the abstractions that we are constructing. One hallmark of her work is the distrust of any response that appears to be able to mollify a wide range of positions, problems or question…
Enhancing farmers’ agency in the global crop commons through use of biocultural community protocols
Crop genetic resources constitute a ‘new’ global commons, characterized by multiple layers of activities of farmers, genebanks, public and private research and development organizations, and regulatory agencies operating from local to global levels. This paper presents sui generis biocultural community protocols that were developed by four communities in Benin and Madagascar to improve their ability to contribute to, and benefit from, the crop co…
Cross-scale chronological analysis of Southeast Asia's seed regulations and emerging challenges for seed commons
Seed regulatory frameworks paradoxically often attempt to increase farmers' access to quality seed via restrictions on their production and exchange. Efforts to balance regulatory objectives lead to tensions between the legal situation of ‘informal’ and ‘formal’ seed systems. This is especially true for vegetatively propagated crops with decentralized, farmer-dominated seed systems. In Southeast Asia, cassava (Manihot esculenta) exemplifies an ec…
Is sociology a moral science
This article uses the work of David Hume, J. S. Mill and Émile Durkheim to trace the ambiguous and difficult relations between the concepts of the moral and the social within the development of Sociology. The works of Hume and Mill will be examined in terms of their respective attempts to develop a Moral Science, and the limitations and legacy of their respective approaches will be analyzed. The article will then demonstrate how Durkheim signals …
Du Bois on sociology, double consciousness and imagination
This article explores Du Bois’ specific understanding of Sociology, arguing that he utilized and developed a specific form of active imagining. Du Bois’ use of imagination is a process of reimagining, grounded in his experience of racialized modernity. He uses sociological narratives to redirect the imaginations of his audiences by teaching them to see what they have been trained to ignore. Simultaneously, he develops and deploys ways of thinking…
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