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Left Realism and Social Democratic Renewal
At its inception Left Realism argued the need to develop a radical social democratic approach to crime. I argue that its contribution and continuing relevance primarily lies in this political project, the need for which has not dissipated.
Russell Hogg
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Realist Criminology, the New Aetiological Crisis and the Crime Drop
This paper aims to provide a summary of some of the key issues outlined in my recent publication Realist Criminology (2014a). It discusses, in particular, the perceived deficiencies of both mainstream and critical criminology in relation to their ...
Roger Matthews
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Special Edition: Left Realism Today - Guest Editor’s Introduction
Since its birth in the mid-1980s, as a major variant of critical criminology, Left Realism continues to ebb and flow. Furthermore, not all Left realist contributions are alike and some are subject to very heated debates.
Walter DeKeseredy
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Left Realism: A Radical Criminology for the Current Crisis
The renewal of the Left realist tradition in criminology is vital for a critical understanding of crime and criminal justice in the context of a dominant neoliberalism. Left Realism presented two core components: the local democratic community control of
John Lea
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Critical Criminology: Past, Present, and Future
Crime problems have drawn more and more attention in recent years, with criminological theories widely developed. Critical criminology is perhaps the most controversial and ambitious among those theories because it abandons the state's definition of ...
Yu-Hsuan Chao
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A Comparative Study of Realism from the Perspective of Waltz and Ferdowsi [PDF]
1. Introduction Realism is one of the most important and one of the oldest theories in political sciences and international relations. Attraction, objectivism, and on the other hand, closeness to conventional understanding in the analysis of political ...
Mahdi Zolfaghari +2 more
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Validation of the Reports on al-Hussein's martjdom in al-Irshad based on the historiographical criteria of Sheikh e-Mofid [PDF]
Sheikh e- Mufid (413 A. H), one of the greatest Shia rationalist scholars in time of Buyids (320-447 A. H), has compiled some books on various sciences including history.
Reza Ramazani, Ebrahim Salehi Hajiabadi
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Surrealism, Socialist Realism, Dialogue?
The text offers a critical and comprehensive review of Dorota Jarecka’s book Surrealizm, realizm, marksizm. Sztuka i lewica komunistyczna w Polsce w latach 1944–1948 [Surrealism, Realism, Marxism: Art and the Communist Left in Poland between 1944 and ...
Michał Kozłowski
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Contemporary Issues in Left Realism
Using Roger Matthews’ (2014) book Realist Criminology as a launching pad, this article points to some timely issues that warrant attention from Left Realism.
Walter DeKeseredy
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Three unrealised construction projects in Kralja Aleksandra boulevard from the 1947 five-year development plan for Belgrade [PDF]
The architecture of the period of socialist realism in Belgrade and Serbia has been a neglected topic by scholars and professionals, but now enough time has elapsed to allow a deeper critical approach.
Pavlović Marina
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