Contributions to realist social theory
An interview with Margaret S. Archer
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8102977 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Melanie S Archer (0000-0002-4632-775X, University of Warwick), Margaret S Archer (University of Warwick), Jamie Morgan (0009-0001-3223-2127, Leeds Beckett University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 179-200 |
| Publication date | 2020-03-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Critical Realism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1476-7430 • E-ISSN: 1572-5138 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14767430.2020.1732760 |
| OpenAlex | W3009100309 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 46 |
| References cited | 51 |
In this wide-ranging interview Professor Margaret Archer discusses a variety of aspects of her work, academic career and influences, beginning with the role the study of education systems played in the development of the morphostatic/morphogenetic (M/M) framework, moving on to the trilogy of works which set out her ‘SAC’, and concluding with discussion of her most recent two projects: the scope for a Morphogenic Society and more recent speculative prospects for personhood in the context of society’s growing interest in Artificial Intelligence (AI), transhumanism and posthumanism
Art history · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Personhood · Posthumanism · Scope (computer science · Social science · Sociology · Trilogy · Variety (cybernetics · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Critical Realism in Sociology · History · Philosophy · Social and Cultural Dynamics
Realism, humanism and alternative hedonism
Researching the Phenomenon of ‘Teaching Out-of-Field’
Transitioning into the Profession with an Out-of-Field Teaching Load
Realism, humanism and alternative hedonism
Contrasting social positioning theory and Archer's morphogenetic/morphostatic approach
Computational social science and critical studies of education and technology
Students drawing conclusions about assessment to inform school change
A cultural turn in educational action and research
Cambridge social ontology, the philosophical critique of modern economics and social positioning theory
Roundtable
The strategic-relational approach, realism and the state
Theory as time travel
Further reflections on theory as time travel
World politics, critical realism and the future of humanity
Institutional logics as a contribution to social ontology
Cambridge social ontology, the philosophical critique of modern economics and social positioning theory
Bridge building, medical sociology and beyond
Making realism work, from second wave feminism to extinction rebellion
Democracy and human nature
From a realist epistemology to ecosocialism
When critical realism was ‘new' and what came after
Intersectionality of gender and age (‘gender*age’)
Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Methods Against Ignorance
Archer, morphogenesis and time
Time for revival
Critical realist ethical naturalism
From a realist epistemology to ecosocialism
Sustainable development through morphogenetic analysis
The road to Social Ecological Economics
Operationalising critical realism for case study research
Why are qualifications frameworks so ineffective? The role of academic drift in their implementation in Bangladesh and Switzerland
Shifting from top-down to bottom-up nationalism
Reconceptualising social (in)justice for research in rural South African schools
Structure, reflexivity and their interplay
Rethinking Ontological Individualism
Everything, everywhere, but not all at once? Time, contingency and the open future
Philosophy, metaphilosophy and ideology-critique
The human person, the human social individual and community interactions
A realist journey through social theory and political economy
Applying critical realism in an interdisciplinary context
Understanding society
Materially social’ critical realism
Realist by inclination, childhood studies, dialectic and bodily concerns
Realism, dialectic, justice and law
American sociology, realism, structure and truth
World politics, critical realism and the future of humanity
Legitimation of belief
Persons and Bodies
Enlightened Common Sense
The Nature of Social Reality
What Is a Person?
Method in Social Science
The construction of social reality
Social Origins of Educational Systems
Being Human
Rational Choice Theory
Change and a Changing World? Theorizing Morphogenic Society
Realists Divided by Realism? Wright on Triune Christianity
Bodies, persons and human enhancement
‘Social integration and System integration’
Considering AI personhood
Social Morphogenesis
Late Modernity
Morphogenesis and the Crisis of Normativity
Critical Realism and Spirituality
Realist Responses to Post-Human Society
Realist Social Theory
The Causal Power of Social Structures
The Reality of Social Construction
Conversations About Reflexivity
The Reflexive Imperative in Late Modernity
Structure, Agency and the Internal Conversation
Making our Way through the World
The Relational Subject
Individualization
Global Climate Emergency
Being Human
Four Concepts of Social Structure Douglas V. Porpora
Philosophical purpose and purposive philosophy
Defending Objectivity
The Concept(s) of Trust in Late Modernity, the Relevance of Realist Social Theory
What is Progress in Realism? An Issue Illustrated Using Norm Circles
Generative Mechanisms Transforming the Social Order
Reconstructing Sociology
A Realist Theory of Science
Culture and agency
The Myth of Cultural Integration
Process without system
Cultural System or norm circles? An exchange
Social Integration and System Integration
Will we work in twenty-first century capitalism? A critique of the fourth industrial revolution literature
| Unique citing works | 46 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 7,67 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 45 |