Re: [Critical-Realism] JCR/IACR

[Alan Norrie <alan.norrie@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear listers,

Just to back up Mervyn's email. We really do need you all to join or rejoin 
IACR if you are not a member. The survival of the journal does literally 
depend on increasing its circulation, and the journal is crucial to the 
impact of Cr worldwide, because it is an organ for Cr thinking in a world 
that is still only implicitly realist, as Bhaskar might say, and therefore 
a real resource for us all.

All best

Alan


At 10:12 05/06/2007, you wrote:
>Hi Alan, all
>
>Yes, we really need people to join IACR/subscribe to JCR.
>
>http://www.equinoxjournals.com/ojs/index.php/JCR/about/subscriptions
>
>This is the best single thing you can do to support IACR/JCR materially. And
>thanks to its contributors, yes, you get an excellent journal in return
>which keeps you abreast of the latest developments within CR as a whole.
>
>Rather, it's the second best: the best would be to pester your local library
>to take out a subscription, which makes it available to many more potential
>readers and helps more to ensure long-term viability.
>
>We only have about 100 subscribers currently and about a dozen institutional
>subs. JCR will continue to exist only if we can at least double these
>figures over the next few years.
>
>Many thanks and best wishes
>
>Mervyn
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Alan Norrie" <alan.norrie@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: "Continuation of the Spoon Bhaskar List"
><critical-realism@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 11:10 AM
>Subject: Re: [Critical-Realism] The way forward
>
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I think it's great that there has been this period of reflection on how
> > the
> > list might re-focus over the next period, and I also think the ideas put
> > forward are all good ones.
> >
> > If we did RTS, that would be a great grounding for newcomers and doubtless
> > helpful for the old lags too. If we did DPF, that would be good in terms
> > of
> > exploring a debate which still needs to be pursued about the links between
> > early and dialectical CR. If we did a JCR article, that would plug us into
> > current innovative work and highlight the excellent work produced in the
> > journal.
> >
> > Personally, I'd favour some kind of structured approach where we had,
> > let's
> > say, a JCR article every quarter of the year, and alongside that
> > discussion
> > of DPF or RTS. If Mervyn were prepared to lead that, I would be happy to
> > chip in.
> >
> > Finally, a word as President of IACR: Mervyn is too reluctant to promote
> > JCR. Apart from its excellence as a journal, it is the gateway to
> > membership of IACR, since joining and subscribing are linked through the
> > new publisher Equinox. We really need to encourage people to join IACR
> > (and
> > get the journal) so that we can support and promote CR activities
> > throughout the world. So I'd be in favour of highlighting what is in the
> > journal and encouraging people to subscribe and therewith to join IACR. We
> > need people, expecially list contributors, to join IACR.
> >
> > All best,
> >
> > Alan
> >
> >
> > At 01:53 04/06/2007, you wrote:
> >>Hi everyone,
> >>
> >>I would vote for RTS (which I read yrs ago but would like to return to, so
> >>I can firm up my understanding), then SRHE and finally, DPF, which I find
> >>incredibly difficult to read on my own.
> >>
> >>Martha
> >>
> >>
> >>**************
> >>
> >>On Sun, 3 Jun 2007, Ruth Groff wrote:
> >>
> >> > Hi all,
> >> >
> >> > I think it would be great for us to take another crack at DPF (Gary led
> >> us in a noble effort 6 or 7 yrs ago), but I wouldn't like to see it take
> >> the place of doing earlier stuff, either first or concurrently,
> >> especially when there are new people around with an interest in acquiring
> >> background.  I don't think that PON would be an ideal first read either,
> >> actually.  But I'm admittedly a conservative fuddy-duddy about these
> >> things.  When I teach Aristotle I make people read the Ethics before they
> >> are even allowed to *look* at the Politics.  Etc.
> >> >
> >> > So I guess my vote would be for either RTS or SRHE, if we weren't doing
> >> articles.  If I were picking just for myself, I might go for SRHE.  But I
> >> sort of think that RTS is the foundation, and that everyone should know
> >> it.  So I might have a slight preference for it as a matter of the
> >> expression of the General Will.  But I'd be into either.
> >> >
> >> > I'm neutral with respect to books vs. articles.
> >> >
> >> > Is someone keeping track?  Hans, do you want to, as our fearless
> >> > moderator?  Everyone should definitely weigh in.>
> >> > r.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> > From: critical-realism-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of ehrbar
> >> > Sent: Sun 03-Jun-07 7:10 PM
> >> > To: critical-realism@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > Cc: critical-realism@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > Subject: Re: [Critical-Realism] The way forward
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > A DPF reading led by Mervyn would be a dream come true for me.  I have
> >> > the entire DPF as html and could foward the readings to the list.  Or
> >> > we could make a wiki or something.  I have been learning content
> >> > management systems.
> >> >
> >> > Hans.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
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> > Alan Norrie
> >
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> > President, International Association for Critical Realism
> >
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