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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
March 2024
Print publication year:
2024
Online ISBN:
9781009405430
Subjects:
Social Theory, Research Methods in Sociology and Criminology, Research Methods In Sociology and Criminology, Sociology

Book description

In this final book by renowned sociologist Margaret S. Archer, her groundbreaking morphogenetic approach is defended, refined and extended through a series of engagements with her critics. Archer, a pioneer of critical realism, addresses key debates surrounding her work on structure, agency, and social change. Each chapter responds to critiques from a different scholar, using these exchanges as springboards to further develop her powerful explanatory framework. Through these lively dialogues, Archer elaborates her tools for analysing social and cultural dynamics. This book offers readers a unique window into Archer's thought as she clarifies, sharpens and expands her theoretical contributions in response to constructive criticism. It will be an essential read for scholars and students across the social sciences, and for anyone seeking to understand the forces that shape our social world and how we can reshape it.

Reviews

‘Margaret Archer has created the most original sociological framework combining structure, culture and agency to help us account for social change as morphogenesis - change generating further change without moving in a single predefined direction. In Morphogenesis Answers Its Critics, she provides a reflexive view of how she made her way through the world of contemporary social sciences, controversy after controversy. It is both challenging and helpful for all narrow specialists (myself included) who try to rethink their practice in the context of contemporary challenges and transitions.’

Emmanuel Lazega - Professeur des universités, Institut Universitaire de France

‘For over two decades now, Margaret Archer's morphogenetic approach to social explanation has sparked great interest but also opposition from different quarters. In this spirited volume, Archer responds to each of her major critics, making for a lively engagement that advances the conversation for both critics and supporters of the morphogenetic approach. Thus, for all engaged in the approach, whether pro or con, this statement is must reading.'

Douglas Porpora - Professor of Sociology, Drexel University

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