I thank Simon Susen for the opportunity for further engagement on his important contribution. If I can humbly claim to have at least partially inspired him to ask the immensely generative questions he offers in his rejoinder (Susen 2023), then… Read More ›
Andreas Reckwitz
The End of Big Theory? A Rejoinder to Strand, Simon Susen
I would like to start by thanking Michael Strand (2023) for his thoughtful comments on my recent article, entitled ‘Lessons from Reckwitz and Rosa: Towards a Constructive Dialogue between Critical Analytics and Critical Theory’.[1] As stated in the title of… Read More ›
Why Don’t Big Theory Books Work in the US? A Reply to Simon Susen, Part II, Michael Strand
Après Moi, Le Déluge All of this plays a role, I am arguing, in my wielding the dismissive category of “big theory” toward Reckwitz and Rosa, and the silence that mostly greets them on the part of those like me… Read More ›
Why Don’t Big Theory Books Work in the US? A Reply to Simon Susen, Part I, Michael Strand
In “Lessons from Reckwitz and Rosa: Towards a Constructive Dialogue between Critical Analytics and Critical Theory” (2023), Simon Susen provides an impressive and thorough dissection of the complicated and broad ranging arguments of two of the defining European sociologists of… Read More ›