On Pragmatism and Critical Theory
In theory, social emancipation sounds like a compelling aspiration for the planning discipline — at least to those who believe that solving immediate problems is not enough in a world afflicted…
Note: The following set of reflections was written for my Advanced Planning Theory Seminar at Cornell University, and it’s inspired…
Towards an Insurgent Planning Theory
As I argued before, planning theory aspires to become a liberatory discipline through a pragmatic philosophy that is intertwined with, first, critical theories; second, an explicit critique to…
Fighting divergence, advancing convergence
Why push our theoretical aspirations towards the edges of radicality? Why not argue for a peaceful, incremental process of change that does not disrupt the basis of the social systems we…
