Jan Balon
Biographic Data
| ID | 388361 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jan Balon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jan |
| FAMILY NAME | Balon |
| SIGNATURE | BALON J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Philosophy |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1501-8671 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
European Empires in and Beyond Europe: Charles Aylmer Macartney and Herbert Adolphus Miller on Ethnonationalism and Minority Rights in Central Europe
This article considers issues of ethnonationalism and minority rights in the immediate aftermath of WW1 when a new League of Nations was set up by the Allied (Entente) Powers. This body managed the end of empire in Europe and the new nation states in territories previously under the German, Austro-Hungarian, Russian, and Ottoman empires, alongside protections for their new minority subjects. This regime of protection was not extended to the minor…
Race, nation and empire; the forgotten sociology of Herbert Adolphus Miller
Herbert Adolphus Miller (1875-1951) is a neglected figure within North American sociology, yet he made a distinctive contribution to the sociology and politics of race relations. He was one of the first sociological critics of eugenics and developed a distinctive approach to race relations and the position of subject minorities derived from a critical analysis of European empires. His approach was complementary to that of Du Bois with whom he had…
Immigration, Domination, and ‘Proportional Patriotism’: Recovering the Sociology of Herbert Adolphus Miller
This article addresses the sociological approach and political engagements of the early twentieth century sociologist, Herbert Adolphus Miller (1875–1951). He is now largely forgotten, but he had deep connections within the Chicago milieu of pragmatist sociology and social reform activities through both the Settlement movement and the Survey movement. In 1914 he wrote a volume in the Cleveland Survey on Immigrant children in the school system and…
The impossibility of sociology as a science; arguments from within the discipline
This paper addresses a key moment in the development of sociology when its status as a science was criticised from within by ethnomethodologists (Harvey Sacks and Harold Garfinkel), post‐Althusserian Marxists (Barry Hindess) and Michel Foucault. These criticisms seemed to come from different sides, but they converged in arguing their positions from the point of view of a proper conception of science through which mainstream sociology was found wa…
Science and the politics of openness: Here be monsters
examines the collaborations between scientists and the entertainment industry.He is currently writing the book Indecent Science, which will explore the historic interactions between science, religion and movie censorship.Adam Kokotovich is a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Minnesota, studying invasive-species risk assessment and management.An interdisciplinary social scientist, he is interested in highlighting and opening to …
A False Beginning? The Growth and Destruction of Czech Sociology 1918–1950
The institutionalization of sociology made big steps forward in the newly independent Czechoslovak state after 1918. The first professors were appointed, sociology became a recognized academic discipline, and a national association was founded. Two antagonistic centers crystalized at the universities in Prague and Brno, each of which launched its own sociological journal. The most consequential tension in the interwar years, however, was that bet…
Sociology in the Czech Republic
This book offers the first comprehensive overview in English of the history of sociology in what is today the Czech Republic. Divided into six chapters, it traces the institutional development of the
How Are Ideas Privatised? The Neoliberal Regime of Knowledge and Its Appropriation of the Postmodern 'Weltbild
This essay is about the disappearance of postmodernism from the debates on the nature of science, conditions of knowledge, targets of higher education, and prospects of interdisciplinarity. It is argued that postmodern declarations of the end of ideological battles, together with the critiques of universalising concepts related to science, knowledge, and education, have been recaptured in 'new' vocabularies promoted by neoliberal approaches. Whil…
The Ambivalent Legacy of Charles Wright Mills' The Sociological Imagination
Charles Wright Mills wrote his renowned and bestselling The Sociological Imagination fifty years ago with the ambition of providing an alternative to the theoretically unsubstantial and methodologically inhibiting approaches that predominated at that time. His battle against the idea of a politically and morally neutral understanding of social inquiry was rhetorically compelling and anticipated the radical voices that would be heard in the late 1…
Nenaplněný příslib sociologické teorie: Vzestup a pád americké sociologie ve druhé polovině dvacátého století [The Unfulfilled Promise of Sociological Theory: The Rise and Fall of American Sociology i…
This article traces the development of American sociology in the second half of the twentieth century in relation to the project to advance the shared disciplinary foundations. The author reconsiders the prominent role of sociological theory in this process and devotes special attention to current criticism of any project designed to found sociology on a unifi ed theory. Between 1945 and 1970, a period often described retrospectively as the "Gold…
Sociální teorie a kulturální studia: Dva typy interdisciplinárního přístupu [Social Theory and Cultural Studies: Two Types of Interdisciplinary Approach]
This article looks at social theory and cultural studies as the two types of interdisciplinary approach now dominating the intellectual scene in the social sciences and the humanities. It is very often argued that both social theory and cultural studies have reached an impasse and that their problems cannot be solved with the help of traditionally conceived general theories or the fragmentary approaches promoted by postmodern social theory and cu…
Science and the politics of openness: Here be monsters
examines the collaborations between scientists and the entertainment industry.He is currently writing the book Indecent Science, which will explore the historic interactions between science, religion and movie censorship.Adam Kokotovich is a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Minnesota, studying invasive-species risk assessment and management.An interdisciplinary social scientist, he is interested in highlighting and opening to …
The impossibility of sociology as a science; arguments from within the discipline
This paper addresses a key moment in the development of sociology when its status as a science was criticised from within by ethnomethodologists (Harvey Sacks and Harold Garfinkel), post‐Althusserian Marxists (Barry Hindess) and Michel Foucault. These criticisms seemed to come from different sides, but they converged in arguing their positions from the point of view of a proper conception of science through which mainstream sociology was found wa…
Nenaplněný příslib sociologické teorie: Vzestup a pád americké sociologie ve druhé polovině dvacátého století [The Unfulfilled Promise of Sociological Theory: The Rise and Fall of American Sociology i…
This article traces the development of American sociology in the second half of the twentieth century in relation to the project to advance the shared disciplinary foundations. The author reconsiders the prominent role of sociological theory in this process and devotes special attention to current criticism of any project designed to found sociology on a unifi ed theory. Between 1945 and 1970, a period often described retrospectively as the "Gold…
Immigration, Domination, and ‘Proportional Patriotism’: Recovering the Sociology of Herbert Adolphus Miller
This article addresses the sociological approach and political engagements of the early twentieth century sociologist, Herbert Adolphus Miller (1875–1951). He is now largely forgotten, but he had deep connections within the Chicago milieu of pragmatist sociology and social reform activities through both the Settlement movement and the Survey movement. In 1914 he wrote a volume in the Cleveland Survey on Immigrant children in the school system and…
The Ambivalent Legacy of Charles Wright Mills' The Sociological Imagination
Charles Wright Mills wrote his renowned and bestselling The Sociological Imagination fifty years ago with the ambition of providing an alternative to the theoretically unsubstantial and methodologically inhibiting approaches that predominated at that time. His battle against the idea of a politically and morally neutral understanding of social inquiry was rhetorically compelling and anticipated the radical voices that would be heard in the late 1…
Sociální teorie a kulturální studia: Dva typy interdisciplinárního přístupu [Social Theory and Cultural Studies: Two Types of Interdisciplinary Approach]
This article looks at social theory and cultural studies as the two types of interdisciplinary approach now dominating the intellectual scene in the social sciences and the humanities. It is very often argued that both social theory and cultural studies have reached an impasse and that their problems cannot be solved with the help of traditionally conceived general theories or the fragmentary approaches promoted by postmodern social theory and cu…
Nenaplněný příslib sociologické teorie: Vzestup a pád americké sociologie ve druhé polovině dvacátého století [The Unfulfilled Promise of Sociological Theory: The Rise and Fall of American Sociology i…
This article traces the development of American sociology in the second half of the twentieth century in relation to the project to advance the shared disciplinary foundations. The author reconsiders the prominent role of sociological theory in this process and devotes special attention to current criticism of any project designed to found sociology on a unifi ed theory. Between 1945 and 1970, a period often described retrospectively as the "Gold…
The Ambivalent Legacy of Charles Wright Mills' The Sociological Imagination
Charles Wright Mills wrote his renowned and bestselling The Sociological Imagination fifty years ago with the ambition of providing an alternative to the theoretically unsubstantial and methodologically inhibiting approaches that predominated at that time. His battle against the idea of a politically and morally neutral understanding of social inquiry was rhetorically compelling and anticipated the radical voices that would be heard in the late 1…
How Are Ideas Privatised? The Neoliberal Regime of Knowledge and Its Appropriation of the Postmodern 'Weltbild
This essay is about the disappearance of postmodernism from the debates on the nature of science, conditions of knowledge, targets of higher education, and prospects of interdisciplinarity. It is argued that postmodern declarations of the end of ideological battles, together with the critiques of universalising concepts related to science, knowledge, and education, have been recaptured in 'new' vocabularies promoted by neoliberal approaches. Whil…
A False Beginning? The Growth and Destruction of Czech Sociology 1918–1950
The institutionalization of sociology made big steps forward in the newly independent Czechoslovak state after 1918. The first professors were appointed, sociology became a recognized academic discipline, and a national association was founded. Two antagonistic centers crystalized at the universities in Prague and Brno, each of which launched its own sociological journal. The most consequential tension in the interwar years, however, was that bet…
Sociology in the Czech Republic
This book offers the first comprehensive overview in English of the history of sociology in what is today the Czech Republic. Divided into six chapters, it traces the institutional development of the
Science and the politics of openness: Here be monsters
examines the collaborations between scientists and the entertainment industry.He is currently writing the book Indecent Science, which will explore the historic interactions between science, religion and movie censorship.Adam Kokotovich is a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Minnesota, studying invasive-species risk assessment and management.An interdisciplinary social scientist, he is interested in highlighting and opening to …
The impossibility of sociology as a science; arguments from within the discipline
This paper addresses a key moment in the development of sociology when its status as a science was criticised from within by ethnomethodologists (Harvey Sacks and Harold Garfinkel), post‐Althusserian Marxists (Barry Hindess) and Michel Foucault. These criticisms seemed to come from different sides, but they converged in arguing their positions from the point of view of a proper conception of science through which mainstream sociology was found wa…
Immigration, Domination, and ‘Proportional Patriotism’: Recovering the Sociology of Herbert Adolphus Miller
This article addresses the sociological approach and political engagements of the early twentieth century sociologist, Herbert Adolphus Miller (1875–1951). He is now largely forgotten, but he had deep connections within the Chicago milieu of pragmatist sociology and social reform activities through both the Settlement movement and the Survey movement. In 1914 he wrote a volume in the Cleveland Survey on Immigrant children in the school system and…
European Empires in and Beyond Europe: Charles Aylmer Macartney and Herbert Adolphus Miller on Ethnonationalism and Minority Rights in Central Europe
This article considers issues of ethnonationalism and minority rights in the immediate aftermath of WW1 when a new League of Nations was set up by the Allied (Entente) Powers. This body managed the end of empire in Europe and the new nation states in territories previously under the German, Austro-Hungarian, Russian, and Ottoman empires, alongside protections for their new minority subjects. This regime of protection was not extended to the minor…
Race, nation and empire; the forgotten sociology of Herbert Adolphus Miller
Herbert Adolphus Miller (1875-1951) is a neglected figure within North American sociology, yet he made a distinctive contribution to the sociology and politics of race relations. He was one of the first sociological critics of eugenics and developed a distinctive approach to race relations and the position of subject minorities derived from a critical analysis of European empires. His approach was complementary to that of Du Bois with whom he had…
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