All Outputs (5)

On the assumption of self-reflective subjectivity (2021)
Journal Article

Contemporary social theory has consistently emphasized habitual action, rule-following, and role-performing as key aspects of social life, yet the challenge remains of combining these aspects with the omnipresent phenomenon of self-reflective conduct... Read More about On the assumption of self-reflective subjectivity.

Residuality and inconsistency in the interpretation of socio-theoretical systems (2019)
Journal Article

This article addresses the interpretation and criticism of theoretical systems. Its particular focus is on how to assess the success of theories in dealing with some specific phenomenon. We are interested in how to differentiate between cases where a... Read More about Residuality and inconsistency in the interpretation of socio-theoretical systems.

The two stories of the habitus/structure relation and the riddle of reflexivity: A meta-theoretical reappraisal (2019)
Journal Article

This article argues that two key puzzles arising from the theories of Bourdieu are inter-related. One is the question of how Bourdieu analyses the relationship between structure and habitus, and the other is the place of reflexivity in Bourdieu's wor... Read More about The two stories of the habitus/structure relation and the riddle of reflexivity: A meta-theoretical reappraisal.

For reflexivity as an epistemic criterion of ontological coherence and virtuous social theorizing (2017)
Journal Article

This article offers an approach that combines, on the one hand, the philosophical notion of reflexivity, which is related to the ideas of self-reference and paradox, and, on the other hand, the sociological discussion of epistemic reflexivity as a pr... Read More about For reflexivity as an epistemic criterion of ontological coherence and virtuous social theorizing.

Ontogenesis versus morphogenesis towards an anti-realist model of the constitution of society (2016)
Journal Article

This article firstly criticizes Margaret Archer’s Morphogenetic Approach for being indecisive about the realist notion of emergence it proposes as well as for her inadequate account of structural conditioning. It is argued that critical realists’ con... Read More about Ontogenesis versus morphogenesis towards an anti-realist model of the constitution of society.