Konstantinos Poulis
Biographic Data
| ID | 4272929 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Konstantinos Poulis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Konstantinos |
| FAMILY NAME | Poulis |
| SIGNATURE | POULIS K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Middlesex University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3355-9543 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Sociology of Hype: Worthwashing at the Heart of Capitalism
This article contributes to the sociology of hype by introducing a novel framework which consists of four elements (systematicity, expectational orientation, temporal bracketing and non-deliverability). This approach contributes to a better understanding of how hype materializes and how it endures amid epistemic ambiguity. Drawing on examples from entrepreneurship as a contemporary case in point, we stress that hype is not value-neutral and requi…
Sociology and The Complexity of What Is Missing
What is ‘missed’ by sociological literature underpinned by assumptions of presence that a missing approach can rectify? I appropriate a metaphysics of presence and an alternative focus on what is missing as ontological foci to revisit complexity studies in sociology. I review key themes therein and show that, by predominantly adopting a being‐laden set of metaphysical assumptions, the complexity discourse overlooks subtler and more nuanced aspect…
The Consequentiality of Absences in Social Settings: A Sensemaking Perspective
Empirical sociology's focus on 'things' follows an Aristotelian legacy that prioritises discreteness and concrete singularities - that which are perceived to exist. In turn, such convention is predicated on an ontology of being and a natural focus on presence - the ubiquitous assumption that reality is ultimately atomistic and substantial. This metaphysical outlook has produced outstanding scholarly results. However, it also overlooks the signifi…
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The Consequentiality of Absences in Social Settings: A Sensemaking Perspective
Empirical sociology's focus on 'things' follows an Aristotelian legacy that prioritises discreteness and concrete singularities - that which are perceived to exist. In turn, such convention is predicated on an ontology of being and a natural focus on presence - the ubiquitous assumption that reality is ultimately atomistic and substantial. This metaphysical outlook has produced outstanding scholarly results. However, it also overlooks the signifi…
The Sociology of Hype: Worthwashing at the Heart of Capitalism
This article contributes to the sociology of hype by introducing a novel framework which consists of four elements (systematicity, expectational orientation, temporal bracketing and non-deliverability). This approach contributes to a better understanding of how hype materializes and how it endures amid epistemic ambiguity. Drawing on examples from entrepreneurship as a contemporary case in point, we stress that hype is not value-neutral and requi…
Sociology and The Complexity of What Is Missing
What is ‘missed’ by sociological literature underpinned by assumptions of presence that a missing approach can rectify? I appropriate a metaphysics of presence and an alternative focus on what is missing as ontological foci to revisit complexity studies in sociology. I review key themes therein and show that, by predominantly adopting a being‐laden set of metaphysical assumptions, the complexity discourse overlooks subtler and more nuanced aspect…
Critical Realism in Sociology (3 works) · Management and Organizational Studies (2 works) · Bracketing (phenomenology) (1 works) · Capitalism (1 works) · Chaos, Complexity, and Education (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (1 works) · Critical Theory and Philosophy (1 works) · Economic sociology (1 works) · Entrepreneurship (1 works)