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LIKAVČAN, Lukáš. Reconsidering critical realism: an environmentalist’s perspective. In ASSOCIATION FOR HETERODOX ECONOMICS “17th Annual Conference”, 2-4 July 2015 – Southampton Solent University. 2015.

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Original name	Reconsidering critical realism: an environmentalist’s perspective
Name (in English)	Reconsidering critical realism: an environmentalist’s perspective
Authors	LIKAVČAN, Lukáš.
Edition	ASSOCIATION FOR HETERODOX ECONOMICS “17th Annual Conference”, 2-4 July 2015 – Southampton Solent University, 2015.

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Type of outcome	Presentations at conferences
Confidentiality degree	is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Organization	Fakulta sociálních studií – Repository – Repository
Keywords in English	Actor-network-theory, causal regularities, collective events, critical realism, flat ontology
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Abstract
In this paper, I discuss the compatibility of heterodox and ecological economics. Taking critical realism as a unifying ontology for heterodox economics, I argue that there is a radical dissonance between ontological presuppositions of ecological economics and heterodox traditions that adopt critical realist’s perspective. The dissonance lies in the need of ecologically oriented economic schools to state strict causal regularities in socio-economic realm, given the environmental intuitions about the nature of economy and the role of materiality and non-human agency in persistence of economic systems. The paper uses conceptual apparatus derived from Andrew Brown’s critique of critical realism and Bruno Latour’s Actor-network-theory.

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In this paper, I discuss the compatibility of heterodox and ecological economics. Taking critical realism as a unifying ontology for heterodox economics, I argue that there is a radical dissonance between ontological presuppositions of ecological economics and heterodox traditions that adopt critical realist’s perspective. The dissonance lies in the need of ecologically oriented economic schools to state strict causal regularities in socio-economic realm, given the environmental intuitions about the nature of economy and the role of materiality and non-human agency in persistence of economic systems. The paper uses conceptual apparatus derived from Andrew Brown’s critique of critical realism and Bruno Latour’s Actor-network-theory.

Abstract (in English)
In this paper, I discuss the compatibility of heterodox and ecological economics. Taking critical realism as a unifying ontology for heterodox economics, I argue that there is a radical dissonance between ontological presuppositions of ecological economics and heterodox traditions that adopt critical realist’s perspective. The dissonance lies in the need of ecologically oriented economic schools to state strict causal regularities in socio-economic realm, given the environmental intuitions about the nature of economy and the role of materiality and non-human agency in persistence of economic systems. The paper uses conceptual apparatus derived from Andrew Brown’s critique of critical realism and Bruno Latour’s Actor-network-theory.

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