Jean De Munck

Jean De Munck is professor at the Catholic University of Louvain. His work focuses on the epistemology of evaluative sociology, specially applied to institutions; on changes to normativity in contemporary societies in the legal and political fields. He has also conducted research on the critical discourse of consumerism and on a sociological account of participation inspired by a discussion of the Capability Approach of Amartya Sen and the communicative turn of Jürgen Habermas.

Three responses to the coronavirus crisis

Whilst the end of capitalism is not on the horizon is strengthening the welfare state a way to help those suffering from the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic?

By Jean De Munck

/ 29 Apr 2020

Three responses to the coronavirus crisis

La tentación liberal-populista de los europeos

¿Dónde quedaron las bellas jornadas del euro, las fiestas financieras, las alturas líricas que celebraban las nupcias entre democracia y mercado?

By Jean De Munck

/ 23 Oct 2018

The dilemma of the European Left

We must, without ceding to the old myths of totalitarianism, restore meaning to the ideal of sovereignty.

By Jean De Munck

/ 5 Jul 2016