Neil McLaughlin
@mclaughlinsoc.bsky.social
A sociologist who studies intellectuals from a left-social democratic perspective, and follows soccer. Socialist in economics, and open to debate on culture and politics, and for free speech, academic freedom and open and heterodox inquiry.
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Is Gad Saad building a culture-war hero persona by distorting Canadian reality?
Some Canadians may agree with Gad Saad’s portrayal of Canada a leftist, woke hellscape. But many don’t, making him a highly unreliable narrator on Canada as he moves to the U.S.
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Is Gad Saad is building a culture-war hero persona by distorting Canadian reality?
Some Canadians may agree with Gad Saad’s portrayal of Canada a leftist, woke hellscape. But many don’t, making him a highly unreliable narrator on Canada as he moves to the U.S.
theconversation.com
theconversation.com/is-gad-saad-...
Is Gad Saad is building a culture-war hero persona by distorting Canadian reality?
Some Canadians may agree with Gad Saad’s portrayal of Canada a leftist, woke hellscape. But many don’t, making him a highly unreliable narrator on Canada as he moves to the U.S.
theconversation.com
A reasonable set of thoughts here. The basic logic is right and I would agree the discipline is hostile to studying phenomenon for the sake of studying it and understanding it better. The lazy critique is always ‘what about power’ or ‘what about [insert marginal group here?’ It belies the fact that
Musa al-Gharbi@musaalgharbi.bsky.social · last mo.#Sociology has been in the news a lot lately. A new piece just dropped in @wsj.com, featuring some comments from me. Per usual, they only used a few sentences from the hour+ conversation. Let me to expand a bit below. tldr: my answer to the titular question is an emphatic "no"🧵
The Saad truth about Canada. Saying bye to an ideologue. neilmclaughlin1.substack.com/p/the-saad-t...
The Saad Truth About Canada
Omissions and Half Truths
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The University of Wyoming's Principles as a Video for New Students open.substack.com/pub/marthamc...
The University of Wyoming's Principles as a Video for New Students
How do you explain academic freedom, free expression, and institutional neutrality to brand new students? In 2024 I got to help produce this short video to do just that! Video link below.
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The Saad Truth about Canada is full of omissions and half-truths substack.com/home/post/p-...
The Saad Truth About Canada
Omissions and Half Truths
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Gad Saad has moved to the United States but how reliable is his account of Canada. He is right about Messi's football genius but his account of Canada has to be taken with a grain of salt. neilmclaughlin1.substack.com/p/the-saad-t...
The Saad Truth About Canada
Omissions and Half Truths
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Delighted to have a guest post from @mclaughlinsoc.bsky.social on The Silver Linings Substack! In his terrific essay, Neil returns to the debate between Parsons and Mills but brings Gouldner into the mix, applying Gouldner's concept of "theoretical nightmares" to "the sociological imagination."
Neil McLaughlin on C. Wright Mills and Sociology’s Nightmare
Alvin Gouldner and the Crisis of Contemporary Sociology
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Erich Fromm and the Crisis of Democracy | Stories | News | Philosophy & Education | Arts & Humanities | Teachers College, Columbia University
Teachers College, Columbia University, is the first and largest graduate school of education in the United States, and also perennially ranked among the nation's best.
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Heterodox Academy event on April 9th at 7 pm EST: Science and Ideology - Alan Sokal. You can attend in person at the McMaster classroom at 180 Bloor in Toronto (across from the ROM), or you can watch a livestream. To register for the livestream, use this link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Heterodox Academy event on April 9th at 7 pm EST: Science and Ideology - Alan Sokal. You can attend in person at the McMaster classroom at 180 Bloor in Toronto (across from the ROM), or you can watch a livestream. To register for the livestream, use this link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Science and Ideology: 30 years after the Hoax Alan Sokal in Toronto, April 9th, 7:00pm. 180 Bloor Street (across from ROM). Organised by McMaster Heterodox Academy Community.
Lecture on Soros conspiracy theories in Hungary and the attack on higher education in the US, at McMaster, Friday March 13, 11:30am. Free.
Conference on critical theorist Erich Fromm in New York, March 20th. Free! Psychoanalysis, sociology, politics and more...
Erich Fromm as a Public Psychoanalyst: Compared to Peterson and Mate. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztf8...
Erich Fromm Lecture 2025 | Presentation Prof. Dr. Neil McLaughlin
YouTube video by Erich Fromm Study Center Berlin - EFSC
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