Category: Oleg Komlik
Ulrich Beck has died. His powerful concept of ‘Risk Society’ is relevant as never before
“People are living books. The real library of life is community.” Thank you all!
Pope Francis against neoliberalism, finance capitalism, consumerism and inequality
Theodor Adorno on philosophy, academia, and market
Inspiring Victory of Grassroots Activism: Chile to Have Free Higher Education
Those carefree holidays…
Science is at your feet: Political Science and Sociology’s Most Cited Papers from Each Decade since the 1950s
Do you have friends, colleagues or students interested in Economic Sociology and Political Economy? Invite them to join our community
On economists, sociologists, and evil – an anecdote and an insight from Paul Krugman
Mark Granovetter didn’t win (yet) the Nobel Prize. Here is his rejection letter, from 1969
Why have historians ceded authority to economists as reliable and competent policy advisors?
Georg Simmel — The Bridge and the Door
Scots, Save Finance Capitalism!
Erich Fromm: Why have we subordinate the economic machine?
Rationalism and Pseudo-rationalism according to Karl Popper
C. Wright Mills’ resonant voice: “You must not expect me to provide a Balanced View. I am not a sociological book-keeper…”
Slavoj Žižek: Why our guilt about consumption is all-consuming?
Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité — OUT; Austérité, Précarité, Compétitivité — IN
