Husillos Carques, Francisco Javier2023-08-112023-08-112023Husillos, J. (2023) Is critique sustainable? A commentary on Bigoni and Mohammed. Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpa.2023.102603.1045-235410.1016/j.cpa.2023.102603https://academica-e.unavarra.es/handle/2454/45950Reflecting on the reactions that Bigoni and Mohammed's article “Criticism is unsustainable: A polemic” has provoked in me, I describe in this essay a number of tensions in the field of critical accounting that I sincerely believe must be taken seriously if critical accounting research is to fulfil its emancipatory potential. I also advocate the establishment of a dual analytical/programmatic agenda in the field of critical accounting that enables academic contributions to support the necessary social transformations. This agenda must put the disadvantaged (human and non-human, present and future) at the centre of our research and it should be centred around the co-creation of programmes that allow us to clearly link our academic contributions to the resolution of the social and environmental problems analysed.application/pdfeng© 2023 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the CC BY license.Analytical/programmatic agendaCritical accounting researchEmancipatory potentialinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article2023-08-11info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess