‘Book Review: Hans Joas. The sacredness of the person. A new genealogy of human rights’, Contemporary Political Theory 15 (3): e41-e44.

ans Joas ranks among the most distinguished European social theorists of the past two or three decades. Deeply grounded in the classical sociological tradition, his work has contributed to reshaping…

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‘Reply to Csaba Szaló and Mark Gould’, Sociology 50 (3): NP 6-7.

The two commentaries are different in orientation and style. But they share, I believe, an interest in questions the book raises but does not tackle explicitly: Mark Gould critically outlines…

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‘The case for a philosophical sociology’, European Sociologist 38: 4-6.
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In this short intervention, I offer a plea for sociology’s reengagement with philosophy. To be sure, the extent to which their ties have severed over the past few decades will…

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‘Social change and progress in the sociology of Robert Nisbet’, Society 52 (4): 324-334.

This article discusses the ideas of progress and social change in the sociology of Robert Nisbet. It contends that Nisbet is a unique figure in US sociology given his conservative…

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‘Book Review: Bruno Latour. An enquiry into modes of existence: An anthropology of the moderns’, European Journal of Social Theory 18 (3): 343-348.

One key feature of modern life is the dissatisfaction with modernity’s own selfdescriptions. Accounts of these experiences vary greatly, of course, but more often than not they reflect on disappointed…

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‘Las relaciones entre nacionalismo y cosmopolitismo’, Papers: Revista de Sociología 100 (3): 303-324.

El presente artículo estudia las relaciones entre nacionalismo y cosmopolitismo y plantea comprender ambos conceptos como posiciones mutuamente interrelacionadas antes que contrapuestas. Estudiar sociológicamente las versiones modernas del nacionalismo y…

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‘Concepciones de sociología en la sociología constitucional contemporánea’, Economía y Política 1 (2): 101-129.

El presente artículo tiene por objetivo reflexionar sobre las concepciones de sociología que están en la base de algunos de los enfoques más destacados de lo que podemos llamar la…

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‘The idea of philosophical sociology’, British Journal of Sociology 65 (2): 338-357.

This article introduces the idea of philosophical sociology as an enquiry into the relationships between implicit notions of human nature and explicit conceptualizations of social life within sociology. Philosophical sociology…

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Con Robert Fine. ‘Introduction to the special issue on social theory and natural law’, Journal of Classical Sociology 13 (2): 191-196.

Relations between social theory and natural law have not figured prominently in scholarly debates, and the case for their interconnections, which is far from self-evident, needs explicit justification. The aim…

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