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."

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.

Fromm versus Mate and Peterson.... www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztf8...

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...

Why Erich Fromm's ideas matter, and how they relate to the Peterson phenomena. www.metapolitics.co.uk/p/dr-neil-mc...

@mclaughlinsoc.bsky.social @somardrawoh.bsky.social

@HdxAcademy www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aqic... Liberals= Leftists should closer at Heterodox Academy. You can build a stronger left in your political time, and a better and more intellectually diverse academy during your professional time. Here are some Canadian academics grappling with the challenges

A panel on the Academic Left and Heterodox Academy, at the Vancouver HxA Canada conference, Oct 2025. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aqic...

This is hilarious! Christopher Rufo, guy who wrote a book that explained excesses of left-liberal universities as Marcuse/critical theory take-over can’t figure out who created Candace Owen problem of conspiracy theories on right. Look in mirror! open.spotify.com/episode/2Jdt...