Plato etc and Dialectic: The Pulse of Freedom used to be two of my go to books. Not read them for at least 10 years. Should re-visit myself.

@ggangl.bsky.social perhaps a symposium on CR and the theory of history would be worth pursuing?

Impressive! I read both books too many years ago, but as you know, especially Dialectic is a tough nut (and pretty out there in many respects). I got into Bhaskar via the philosophy of social science, so my go-to books were The Possibility of Naturalism and Scientific Realism and Human Emancipation.