From hacking to simulation: Periodizing digitally-inspired social theory
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DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2019.05.008
Abstract: Interrogating the question of whether critique can be reimagined through inspiration from the world of digital computing and hacking, this article explores the work of four theorists who converged on that very topic in major… read more here.
Keywords: social theory; theory; hacking simulation; digitally inspired ... See more keywords
The fractal geometry of Luhmann's sociological theory or debugging systems theory
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DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2019.05.020
Abstract: Abstract Social theory faces new challenges as society changes. The question is not only if social theory can keep up with –and account for– social transformations, but also if it can avail of social changes… read more here.
Keywords: theory debugging; theory; social theory; geometry ... See more keywords
Print theories of computer societies. Introduction to the digital transformation of social theory
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DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2019.119778
Abstract: Abstract ICT and the increasing availability of digital data are dramatically changing the processes of research and knowledge production in the social sciences and humanities (SSH). Whereas the methodological momentum in digital humanities and computational… read more here.
Keywords: digital transformation; print theories; transformation social; social theory ... See more keywords
Towards a theoretically grounded, social democratic public health
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DOI: 10.1080/09581596.2022.2119053
Abstract: The Editorial Board recently made revisions to Critical Public Health’s (CPH) Aims and Scopes. One change was to explicitly invite submissions focusing on the political economy of (public) health and to add political science and… read more here.
Keywords: health; critical public; public health; social democratic ... See more keywords
(Auto)immunity, Social Theory, and the ‘Political’
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DOI: 10.1080/13534645.2016.1261665
Abstract: There’s a lot of interest recently in what Roberto Esposito calls the possibility of thinking an ‘affirmative’ biopolitics that runs counter to the dominant trend in biopolitical thought thus far (... read more here.
Keywords: auto immunity; theory political; social theory; immunity social ... See more keywords
The isolated mass and contemporary social theory
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DOI: 10.1080/23269995.2017.1332472
Abstract: This is a reply to:Burrell, Gibson. 2017. “The role of coal-mining towns in social theory: past, present and future.” Global Discourse. https://doi.org/10.1080/23269995.2017.1332473 read more here.
Keywords: social theory; mass contemporary; isolated mass; theory ... See more keywords
Complexity theory and the place of the now
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DOI: 10.1177/0921374017740460
Abstract: First of all, my deep gratitude to Professor Michaeline Crichlow for her initiative to do this special review section on Territories of Difference, and to both Paige West and Eric Thomas for engaging seriously with… read more here.
Keywords: social theory; theory place; theory; complexity theory ... See more keywords
Breaking out of the citadel: social theory and psychiatry.
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DOI: 10.1192/bjb.2022.17
Abstract: SUMMARY British psychiatry has tended to hold itself aloof from social theory. Nonetheless, these ideas have influenced the development of mental health services. Alongside this, the biopsychosocial model cannot reconcile contradictions in the scientific evidence… read more here.
Keywords: theory; social theory; breaking citadel; citadel social ... See more keywords
Science fiction, reconfigured social theory and the Anthropocene Age: exploring and thinking about planetary futures through fictional imaginaries
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DOI: 10.1332/204378920x16050867405760
Abstract: Should humanity prepare for life on a less habitable planet? The magnitude of human activities indeed makes it necessary to think about their consequences and to consider tackling them with renewed imaginative foundations. From this… read more here.
Keywords: social theory; science fiction; science; reconfigured social ... See more keywords
Contemporary Social Theory as a Tool to Understand the Experiences of Disabled Students in Higher Education
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DOI: 10.17645/si.v6i4.1602
Abstract: This is a conceptual article which seeks to consider the use of contemporary social theory to help understand the experience of disabled students in higher education. The use of social theoretical insights has been criticised… read more here.
Keywords: social theory; disabled students; experiences disabled; contemporary social ... See more keywords