Specifically, he has extended on arguments by Hans-Georg Gadamer and Charles Taylor (philosopher), that claim the human sciences should not be modeled on the paradigm of the natural sciences, but treated as interpretive and narrative disciplines closer to the humanistic study of literature, art, philosophy, and history.
[4] Blakely innovated on Geertz's conception by adding to it both the world-making features developed in We Built Reality as well as making the theory critical and not merely descriptive, by assessing ideologies as objectively false whenever they attempted to deny their cultural features and present themselves as scientific, commonsensical, or otherwise natural.
[5] Blakely also maintains a significant public presence centered on debating major ideological trends in U.S. politics.
[6] Blakely has been a vocal critic of neoliberal "marketization" of the public school system as justified by neoclassical economic principles.
[7] He has also been involved in debates with the New Right and Catholic Integralism, writing long-form criticisms of Adrian Vermeule and Patrick Deneen.