2024
Cruickshank, J. 2024. 'The Irony of Neoliberal Higher Education', Radical Philosophy (forthcoming).
2023
Cruickshank, J. 2023. Review / response essay to H. Maxwell 'Does Philosophy Matter?', Qeios.
Cruickshank. J. 2023. Online peer review of: H. Gabrisch 'Neoliberalism, Strong State and Democracy', Qeios.
2022
Cruickshank, J. 2022. ‘Objectivity and Normativity’, in S. Balihar and G. Calder (eds), Ethics, Economy and Social Science: Dialogues with Andrew Sayer. Abingdon: Routledge.
Cruickshank, J. 2022. ‘Statist Marketisation and Culture Wars in Authoritarian Populist Times: From Nudging Student-Customer Demand to Changing Providers’ Supply’, in Cruickshank, J., and Abbinnett, R. (eds). The Social Production of Knowledge in a Neoliberal Age: Debating the Challenges facing Higher Education. London: Rowman and Littlefield International.
Cruickshank, J. and Abbinnett, R. (Eds.) 2022. The Social Production of Knowledge in a Neoliberal Age: Debating the Challenges facing Higher Education. London: Rowman and Littlefield International (Philosophy: Collective Studies in Knowledge and Society series).
Cruickshank, J. 2022. ‘Exploitation and the Politics of Knowledge: A Commentary on Luis Arboledas-Lérida’s Marxist Analysis of Science Communication’, Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective, 11 (4): 12-25. Available at: https://wp.me/p1Bfg0-6G5
Interview with Faculti about Dr Cruickshanks research on higher education
2020
Cruickshank, J. 2020. ‘Solidarity, Critique and Techno-Science: Evaluating Rorty’s Pragmatism, Freire’s Critical Pedagogy and Vattimo’s Philosophical Hermeneutics’ (invited article), Human Affairs: Postdisciplinary Humanities and Social Sciences Quarterly (special issue on Philosophical Reflection and Technological Change, edited by Stephen Leach and James Tartaglia, (Keele, Philosophy)), 30 (4): 577-586.
Cruickshank, J. 2020. ‘The Expansion of Prevent: On the Politics of Legibility, Opacity and Decolonial Critique’, New Formations (double issue on Bureaucracy), 100-101: 43-59.
Cruickshank, J. 2020. ‘Epistemology’ [3000 words; peer reviewed], in S. Delamont, P. Atkinson, A. Cernat, R. A. Williams, and Sakshaug, J. (eds), SAGE Research Methods Foundations. London: Sage.
Cruickshank, J. 2020. ‘Falsification’ [5000 words; peer reviewed], in S. Delamont, P. Atkinson, A. Cernat, R. A. Williams and Sakshaug, J. (eds), SAGE Research Methods Foundations. London: Sage.
2019
Cruickshank, J. 2019. ‘Economic Freedom and the Harm of Adaptation: On Gadamer, Authoritarian Technocracy and the Re-Engineering of English Higher Education’, Social Epistemology (Special Issue on Neoliberalism, Technocracy and Higher Education), 33 (4): 337 – 354. Available at: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02691728.2019.1638988
Cruickshank, J. and Abbinnett, R. 2019. ‘Editors’ Introduction to the Special Issue of Social Epistemology on “Neoliberalism, Technocracy and Higher Education”’, Social Epistemology (Special issue on Neoliberalism, Technocracy and Higher Education), 33 (4): 273 – 279. Available at: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02691728.2019.1638983
Cruickshank, J. and Abbinnett, R. (eds) 2019. Social Epistemologyspecial issue on Neoliberalism, Technocracy and Higher Education, 33 (4): 273 - 392. (Articles by: Ross Abbinnett, Prof. Bob Antonio, Jana Bacevic, Justin Cruickshank, Prof. Richard Hall, Prof. John Holmwood and Chaime Marcuello-Servós, Liz Morrish, Elio Di Muccio). Available at: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tsep20/33/4?nav=tocList
Discussion on the Special Issue in the Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective:
2017
Cruickshank, J. 2017 [Updated. First version published: 2013.] Entry for ‘Epistemology’, Oxford Online Bibliography In Sociology. L. Spillman (ed). Oxford University Press. [Peer reviewed; 12,700 words.] DOI: 10.1093/obo/9780199756384-0036. Available at: http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199756384/obo-9780199756384-0036.xml
Cruickshank, J. and Sassower, R. 2017. Democratic Problem-Solving: Dialogues in Social Epistemology (London: Rowman and Littlefield [Philosophy: 'Collective Studies in Knowledge and Society' series]). Information about the book can be found here.
Discussion on ‘Democratic Problem-Solving’ in the Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective’: https://social-epistemology.com/category/books-and-book-reviews/
Cruickshank, J. 2017. ‘Reflections on Problems, Politics and Knowledge: Replies to the Discussants of Democratic Problem-Solving’, Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 6 (12): 25-38. Available at:
https://social-epistemology.com/2017/12/15/reflections-on-problems-politics-and-knowledge-replies-to-the-discussants-of-democratic-problem-solving/
Cruickshank, J. 2017. ‘Meritocracy and Reification’, Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 6 (5): 4-19. [Commentary, stemming from the book’s discussion]. Available at: https://social-epistemology.com/2017/05/05/meritocracy-and-reification-justin-cruickshank/
2016
Cruickshank, J. 2016. ‘Critical Realism’ (Chapter 23) in L. McIntyre and A. Rosenberg (eds), pp. 270-280. Routledge Companion To Philosophy Of Social Science. New York: Routledge.
Cruickshank, J. 2016. ‘Review of: C. Smith “To Flourish Or Destruct: A Personalist Theory Of Human Goods, Motivations, Failure, And Evil”’. Chicago: University Of Chicago. American Journal Of Sociology 122 (2): 657-658.
Cruickshank, J. 'Rowan Williams And Hans-Georg Gadamer Contra Jürgen Habermas: Rethinking The Problem Of Religion For Liberals As A Problem Of Dialogue'. Current Perspectives In Social Theory vol. 35 (Restructuring Social Theory, History and Practice): 171-191.
Cruickshank, J. et al. 2016. The Alternative White Paper For Higher Education. In Defence Of Public Higher Education: Knowledge For a Successful Society. A Response To ‘Success As A Knowledge Economy’, BIS (2016). J. Holmwood, T. Hickey, R. Cohen and S. Wallis (eds). London: Convention for Higher Education. Available at: https://heconvention2.wordpress.com/alternative/
Cruickshank, J. 2016. ‘Dialogue And The Development Of Ideas In The Political And Social Sciences: From Critical Realism To Problem-Solving Via Colin Hay And The Rejection Of The Epistemic Fallacy’, European Journal Of Cultural And Political Sociology (3): 1. Available at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23254823.2016.1162664
Cruickshank, J. 2016. ‘Putting Business At The Heart Of Higher Education: On Neoliberal Interventionism And Audit Culture In UK Universities’, Open Library Of Humanities (special issue: ‘The Abolition Of The University’), edited by L. Dear (Glasgow) and M. Eve (Birkbeck), 2 (1): 1-33. Available at: https://olh.openlibhums.org/articles/10.16995/olh.77/
2015
Cruickshank, J. 2015. ‘Anti-Authority: Comparing Popper And Rorty On The Dialogic Development Of Beliefs And Practices’, Social Epistemology: A Journal Of Knowledge, Culture And Policy 29 (1): 73-94.
See the replies:
Reed, I.A. 2013. ‘Science, Democracy And Sociology In The 21st Century: Response To Cruickshank’s “Anti-Authority”’, Social Epistemology Review And Reply Collective 2 (12): 40-45. Available at: http://social-epistemology.com/2013/11/15/science-democracy-and-sociology-in-the-21st-century-response-to-cruickshanks-anti-authority-isaac-ariail-reed/
Sassower, R. 2014. ‘A Bridge Over Turbulent Waters: A Reply To Justin Cruickshank On Comparing Popper And Rorty’, Social Epistemology Review And Reply Collective 3 (3): 57-59. Available at: http://social-epistemology.com/2014/02/19/a-bridge-over-turbulent-waters-a-reply-to-justin-cruickshank-on-comparing-popper-and-rorty-raphael-sassower/
Sassower, R. 2014. ‘Problem-Solving Critical Contingencies: Popper And Rorty According To Cruickshank’, Social Epistemology Review And Reply Collective 3(6): 30-32. Available at: http://social-epistemology.com/2014/05/05/problem-solving-critical-contingencies-popper-and-rorty-according-to-cruickshank-raphael-sassower/
Sassower, R. 2014. 'Beyond Lamentations: Comments On Justin Cruickshank's Public Intellectuals, Education And The Need For Dissatisfation', Social Epistemology Review And Reply Collective 3 (7): 50-54. Availble at: http://social-epistemology.com/2014/06/26/beyond-lamentations-comments-on-justin-cruickshanks-public-intellectuals-education-and-the-need-for-dissatisfaction-raphael-sassower/
Sassower, R. 2014. ‘Appealing To Academics To Become Public Intellectuals: A Reply To Justin Cruickshank And Ioana Cerasella Chis’, Social Epistemology Review And Reply Collective 2 (11): 42-45. Available at:
http://social-epistemology.com/2014/10/16/appealing-to-academics-to-become-public-intellectuals-a-reply-to-justin-cruickshank-and-ioana-cerasella-chis-raphael-sassower/
Sassower, R. 2014. ‘Radical Public Intellectuals’, Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 4 (1): 57-63. Available at:
http://social-epistemology.com/2014/12/30/radical-public-intellectuals-raphael-sassower/
And the responses:
Cruickshank, J. 2014. ‘Problem-Solving And The Social Production Of Knowledge: A Reply To Isaac Reed’, Social Epistemology Review And Reply Collective 3 (2): 24-33. Available at: http://social-epistemology.com/2014/01/14/problem-solving-and-the-social-production-of-knowledge-a-reply-to-isaac-reed-justin-cruickshank/
Cruickshank, J. 2014. ‘From Ex Cathedra Legislators To Dialogic Exemplars? Popper, Rorty And The Politics And Sociology Of Knowledge. A Reply To Raphael Sassower’, Social Epistemology Review And Reply Collective 3 (5): 30-41. Available at: http://social-epistemology.com/2014/04/03/from-ex-cathedra-legislators-to-dialogic-exemplars-popper-rorty-and-the-politics-and-sociology-of-knowledge-justin-cruickshank/
Cruickshank, J. 2014. ‘Public Intellectuals, Education And The Need For Dissatisfaction: Comments On Raphael Sassower's Discussion Of Popper, Rorty And Democracy’, Social Epistemology Review And Reply Collective 3 (7): 1-4. Available at: http://social-epistemology.com/2014/06/01/public-intellectuals-education-and-the-need-for-dissatisfaction-comments-on-raphael-sassowers-discussion-of-popper-rorty-and-democracy-justin-cruickshank/
Cruickshank, J. and Chis, I.C. 2014. ‘Exit, Voice And Loyalty In The Public Sphere: On The Hollowing Out Of Universities And The “Trojan Horse” Attack On The Muslim Community In The UK. Continuing The Dialogue With Raphael Sassower’, Social Epistemology Review And Reply Collective 3 (9): 57-70. Available at: http://social-epistemology.com/2014/08/29/exit-voice-and-loyalty-in-the-public-sphere-on-the-hollowing-out-of-universities-and-the-trojan-horse-attack-on-the-muslim-community-in-the-uk-justin-cruickshank-and-ioana-cerasel/
Chis, I.C. and Cruickshank, J. 2014. ‘The Cost Of Public Intellectuals: Reflections On Raphael Sassower’s Call For Intellectuals To Influence Elites And Their Publics’, Social Epistemology Review And Reply Collective 3 (3): 16-26. Available at: http://social-epistemology.com/2014/12/08/the-cost-of-public-intellectuals-reflections-on-raphael-sassowers-call-for-intellectuals-to-influence-elites-and-their-publics-ioana-cerasella-chis-and-justin-cruickshank/
Cruickshank, J. and Chis, I.C. 2015. ‘Big Data, TTIP And The Hubris Of Techno-Capitalism’, Social Epistemology Review And Reply Collective 4 (3): 45-55. Available at:
http://social-epistemology.com/2015/02/21/big-data-ttip-and-the-hubris-of-techno-capitalism-justin-cruickshank-and-ioana-cerasella-chis/
Cruickshank, J. 2014. ‘Democracy versus the Domination of Instrumental Rationality: Defending Dewey’s Argument for Democracy as an Ethical Way of Life’, Humanities 3 (1): 19-41. Available at: http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/3/1/19
Cruickshank, J. 2014. ‘Reply to Hartwig and Elder-Vass’, Understanding society (blog): http://understandingsociety.blogspot.co.uk/
2013
Cruickshank, J. 2013. Review of: I. A. Reed ‘Interpretation And Social Knowledge: On The Use Of Theory In The Human Sciences’, Cultural Sociology 7 (1): 104-105.
2012
Cruickshank, J. 2012. ‘Positioning Positivism, Social Constructionism And Critical Realism In The Health Sciences: A Philosophical Orientation’, Nursing Inquiry: Interdisciplinary Perspectives On Policy And Healthcare 19 (1): 71-82 (special issue on critical realism). First published online in July 2011. DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1800.2011.00558.x.
2011
Cruickshank, J. 2011. ‘ The Positive And The Negative:
Assessing Critical Realism And Social Constructionism As Post-Positivist Approaches To Empirical Research In The Social Sciences’, Paper 42, International Migration Institute Working Paper Series, Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford. Available online at: http://www.imi.ox.ac.uk/publications/working_papers
2010
Cruickshank, J. 2010. ‘Knowing Social Reality: A Critique Of Bhaskar And Archer’s Attempt To Derive A Social Ontology From Lay Knowledge’, Philosophy Of The Social Sciences 40 (4) 579-602. First published online in July 2009.DOI: 10.1177/0048393109340664.
Cruickshank, J. 2010. ‘Structures, Agents And Criticism: Assessing Bhaskar’s Fact-To-Value And Value-To-Fact Arguments’, Politics 30 (3): 168-173. First published online in Sept. 2010. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9256.2010.01380.
Cruickshank, J. 2010. ‘The Importance Of Nominal Problems’ in C. Valentini (ed) On Objective Knowledge In The Social Sciences And Humanities: Karl Popper And Beyond’ . European University Institute Working Papers in the Max Weber Programme (2010/37). ISSN 1830-7728. PP. 61-71. Also available online at: http://www.eui.eu/ProgrammesAndFellowships/MaxWeberProgramme/Publications.aspx
2008
Cruickshank, J. 2008. ‘Some Realistic Considerations On The Death Of Philosophy’, Journal of Critical Realism 7 (2): 314-329.
[A review article dealing with: G. Calder ‘Rorty’s Politics Of Redescription’.]
2007
Cruickshank, J. 2007. ‘The Usefulness Of Fallibilism: A Popperian Critique Of Critical Realism’, Philosophy Of The Social Sciences 37 (3): 263–288.
Clark, A.M., Macintrye, P. D., and Cruickshank, J. 2007. ‘A Critical Realist Approach To Understanding And Evaluating Heart Health Programmes’, Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal For The Social Study Of Heath, Illness And Medicine 11 (4): 513-539.
Cruickshank, J. 2007. ‘Seeking The Tower Of Babel’, Sociology 41 (4): 741-748.
[A review article dealing with: P. Baert ‘Philosophy Of The Social Sciences’; B. Berberoglu ‘An Introduction To Classical And Contemporary Social Theory’; S. Clarke ‘From Enlightenment To Risk’ And G. Delanty ‘Social Science’.]
Cruickshank, J. 2007. Entry for ‘Essentialism’ in M. Hartwig (ed.) A Dictionary Of Critical Realism. London: Routledge. PP.180-181.
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