Cayce Jamil
@mutualsociology.bsky.social
Investigates neglected social theory and primarily interested in applied sociology.
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Notably, Proudhon held a similar conception of the relationship between theology, philosophy, & science. Instead of science superseding the others, he argued that science must essentially complete them. Unsurprisingly, Proudhon was held in high regard within “subjectivist sociology” & the Narodniks.
October 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Notably, Proudhon held a similar conception of the relationship between theology, philosophy, & science. Instead of science superseding the others, he argued that science must essentially complete them. Unsurprisingly, Proudhon was held in high regard within “subjectivist sociology” & the Narodniks.
Here’s a good one and probably the best critique of sociological positivism around.
Rather than theology and philosophy culminating in a sharply differentiated social science, Solovyov emphasized the holistic connection between them and how all three needed to be kept in dialogue.
Rather than theology and philosophy culminating in a sharply differentiated social science, Solovyov emphasized the holistic connection between them and how all three needed to be kept in dialogue.
October 12, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Here’s a good one and probably the best critique of sociological positivism around.
Rather than theology and philosophy culminating in a sharply differentiated social science, Solovyov emphasized the holistic connection between them and how all three needed to be kept in dialogue.
Rather than theology and philosophy culminating in a sharply differentiated social science, Solovyov emphasized the holistic connection between them and how all three needed to be kept in dialogue.
Revisiting that article, it does kind of scream a Gurvitchean influence, particularly since Gurvitch argued that Marxists had completely distorted Marx’s doctrines & stressed the need to dedogmatize Marx. He also emphasized all the new works that were becoming available by Marx in the 20th century.
September 22, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Revisiting that article, it does kind of scream a Gurvitchean influence, particularly since Gurvitch argued that Marxists had completely distorted Marx’s doctrines & stressed the need to dedogmatize Marx. He also emphasized all the new works that were becoming available by Marx in the 20th century.
Too bad Beesly and Marx never wrote anything together. I would be fascinated to see how sociology would have played out with a Positivist-Marxist synthesis approved by Marx.
September 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Too bad Beesly and Marx never wrote anything together. I would be fascinated to see how sociology would have played out with a Positivist-Marxist synthesis approved by Marx.
I think this is such an important book at this moment in time. It describes our current situation better than any other that I'm aware of.
Collectively, and not just in the US, we are headed down a very dark path.
Collectively, and not just in the US, we are headed down a very dark path.
September 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I think this is such an important book at this moment in time. It describes our current situation better than any other that I'm aware of.
Collectively, and not just in the US, we are headed down a very dark path.
Collectively, and not just in the US, we are headed down a very dark path.
Apparently in the late 19th century, some Jewish anarchists held Yonkiper beler (“Yom Kippur Balls”) antireligious festivities.
September 6, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Apparently in the late 19th century, some Jewish anarchists held Yonkiper beler (“Yom Kippur Balls”) antireligious festivities.
Gurvitch is sometimes seen as like a John the Baptist, or Saint-Simon, for bridging sociology with quantum physics. He notably is often considered a heir to Durkheim’s research program.
August 27, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Gurvitch is sometimes seen as like a John the Baptist, or Saint-Simon, for bridging sociology with quantum physics. He notably is often considered a heir to Durkheim’s research program.
“Two forms of modern thought, which are closely allied, though not necessarily confounded in the same men, positivism and socialism, really spring from Saint-Simonism…. [I]t prepared the way both for socialist rhetoric and sociological studies.” —Sébastien Charléty
August 19, 2025 at 7:31 PM
“Two forms of modern thought, which are closely allied, though not necessarily confounded in the same men, positivism and socialism, really spring from Saint-Simonism…. [I]t prepared the way both for socialist rhetoric and sociological studies.” —Sébastien Charléty
Well the obvious answer, which I elaborate on in the Foreword to French Socialisms, is the relationship bw hierarchical social structures and ideology. When the German Empire overtook France on the world stage in 1870s, it put German socialism above French socialism, which Marx himself recognized:
August 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Well the obvious answer, which I elaborate on in the Foreword to French Socialisms, is the relationship bw hierarchical social structures and ideology. When the German Empire overtook France on the world stage in 1870s, it put German socialism above French socialism, which Marx himself recognized:
Academic publishing in a nutshell.
It’s apparently a fair trade to most academics to give their work to companies who charge astronomical prices for it in exchange for individual prestige. There is a kind of feudalistic vibe to it.
It’s apparently a fair trade to most academics to give their work to companies who charge astronomical prices for it in exchange for individual prestige. There is a kind of feudalistic vibe to it.
August 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Academic publishing in a nutshell.
It’s apparently a fair trade to most academics to give their work to companies who charge astronomical prices for it in exchange for individual prestige. There is a kind of feudalistic vibe to it.
It’s apparently a fair trade to most academics to give their work to companies who charge astronomical prices for it in exchange for individual prestige. There is a kind of feudalistic vibe to it.
I’m only on the Foreword of this book and I can already tell that I’m going to love it.
One of the things I hate about contemporary social science is the endless accumulation of empirical evidence with almost no regard for attempting to synthesize it by constructing grand theoretical frameworks.
One of the things I hate about contemporary social science is the endless accumulation of empirical evidence with almost no regard for attempting to synthesize it by constructing grand theoretical frameworks.
August 12, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I’m only on the Foreword of this book and I can already tell that I’m going to love it.
One of the things I hate about contemporary social science is the endless accumulation of empirical evidence with almost no regard for attempting to synthesize it by constructing grand theoretical frameworks.
One of the things I hate about contemporary social science is the endless accumulation of empirical evidence with almost no regard for attempting to synthesize it by constructing grand theoretical frameworks.
Just received a copy of the anarchist sociologist Sal Restivo's latest book "The Treachery of Realities: Safeguarding Truth in the Age of Science Denial". It appears to be a pretty timely publication in the age of Trumpism.
I'll try to fit the massive table of contents into four images.
I'll try to fit the massive table of contents into four images.
July 3, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Just received a copy of the anarchist sociologist Sal Restivo's latest book "The Treachery of Realities: Safeguarding Truth in the Age of Science Denial". It appears to be a pretty timely publication in the age of Trumpism.
I'll try to fit the massive table of contents into four images.
I'll try to fit the massive table of contents into four images.
And today is the 250th Meck Dec day in which Charlotte, NC (where I’m from) declared independence from the British monarchy over a year before the rest of the nation.
Now, it’s probably a myth based on the less radical Mecklenburg Resolves a week later but it’s still an important shared myth here.
Now, it’s probably a myth based on the less radical Mecklenburg Resolves a week later but it’s still an important shared myth here.
May 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
And today is the 250th Meck Dec day in which Charlotte, NC (where I’m from) declared independence from the British monarchy over a year before the rest of the nation.
Now, it’s probably a myth based on the less radical Mecklenburg Resolves a week later but it’s still an important shared myth here.
Now, it’s probably a myth based on the less radical Mecklenburg Resolves a week later but it’s still an important shared myth here.
Today marks 200 years since the death of Henri de Saint-Simon (1760–1825).
His death is sometimes seen as giving rise to the first socialist movement (the Saint-Simonians). It also hangs heavily in the background to when Auguste Comte wrote his first magnum opus & laid the foundation of sociology.
His death is sometimes seen as giving rise to the first socialist movement (the Saint-Simonians). It also hangs heavily in the background to when Auguste Comte wrote his first magnum opus & laid the foundation of sociology.
May 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Today marks 200 years since the death of Henri de Saint-Simon (1760–1825).
His death is sometimes seen as giving rise to the first socialist movement (the Saint-Simonians). It also hangs heavily in the background to when Auguste Comte wrote his first magnum opus & laid the foundation of sociology.
His death is sometimes seen as giving rise to the first socialist movement (the Saint-Simonians). It also hangs heavily in the background to when Auguste Comte wrote his first magnum opus & laid the foundation of sociology.
Great quick read. It has exceeded my expectations so far (about halfway through).
May 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Great quick read. It has exceeded my expectations so far (about halfway through).
Right from the outset, socialism in France was conceived as in opposition to individualism & political economy, which were associated with selfish egoism & thought be a form of social disease. In contrast, the socialists argued that society was a "being" that needed to be restored by science & art.
May 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Right from the outset, socialism in France was conceived as in opposition to individualism & political economy, which were associated with selfish egoism & thought be a form of social disease. In contrast, the socialists argued that society was a "being" that needed to be restored by science & art.
Finally grabbed this odd 1937 book at my local bookstore for $8. A lot of the inclusions did not age well.
Curiously, it contains a selection from Volume 1 of Proudhon’s “System of Economic Contradictions” that was translated independently of Benjamin Tucker’s earlier translation.
Curiously, it contains a selection from Volume 1 of Proudhon’s “System of Economic Contradictions” that was translated independently of Benjamin Tucker’s earlier translation.
April 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Finally grabbed this odd 1937 book at my local bookstore for $8. A lot of the inclusions did not age well.
Curiously, it contains a selection from Volume 1 of Proudhon’s “System of Economic Contradictions” that was translated independently of Benjamin Tucker’s earlier translation.
Curiously, it contains a selection from Volume 1 of Proudhon’s “System of Economic Contradictions” that was translated independently of Benjamin Tucker’s earlier translation.
Here are images from the interesting English brochure about Comte’s apartment.
April 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Here are images from the interesting English brochure about Comte’s apartment.
Received a nice Comtean package from my friend @miketyl.bsky.social who visited @acomte75.bsky.social.
April 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Received a nice Comtean package from my friend @miketyl.bsky.social who visited @acomte75.bsky.social.
One of the best succinct discussions of the ideas of Saint-Simonism available in English is in this 1938 book.
Interestingly, the historian Élie Halévy was the grandson of Saint-Simon’s third and last secretary Léon Halévy. His other two secretaries were notably Augustin Thierry and Auguste Comte.
Interestingly, the historian Élie Halévy was the grandson of Saint-Simon’s third and last secretary Léon Halévy. His other two secretaries were notably Augustin Thierry and Auguste Comte.
April 17, 2025 at 10:21 PM
One of the best succinct discussions of the ideas of Saint-Simonism available in English is in this 1938 book.
Interestingly, the historian Élie Halévy was the grandson of Saint-Simon’s third and last secretary Léon Halévy. His other two secretaries were notably Augustin Thierry and Auguste Comte.
Interestingly, the historian Élie Halévy was the grandson of Saint-Simon’s third and last secretary Léon Halévy. His other two secretaries were notably Augustin Thierry and Auguste Comte.
Some random artwork depicting the Saint-Simonians.
April 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Some random artwork depicting the Saint-Simonians.
It’s illuminating that Hayek centered in on Saint-Simonism as arguably the key rival to his school. Today, we see elites like Musk and Milei championing Hayek and attacking all forms of administration geared around social welfare. Meanwhile, academia has scarcely ever taken Saint-Simonism seriously.
March 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
It’s illuminating that Hayek centered in on Saint-Simonism as arguably the key rival to his school. Today, we see elites like Musk and Milei championing Hayek and attacking all forms of administration geared around social welfare. Meanwhile, academia has scarcely ever taken Saint-Simonism seriously.