Beyond Reified Consciousness: Szaló contribution at ESA conference

September 2025

Csaba Szaló participated in the conference Qualitative Sociology Research Network Grasping the Social: Reconnecting Sociological Theory and Qualitative Research (29th September – 1st October 2025) organized as Joint Mid-Term Conference of the Research Networks on Social Theory and Qualitative Methods of the European Sociological Association (ESA). He presented a paper titled Beyond Reified Consciousness: A Dialogue Between Interpretation and Emancipation.

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Csaba Szaló's research at the Senate House Library in London

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Online Lecture: Can Robots Care?

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