Max Weber

Max Weber

male, deceased (1920)
political science, German philosopher, sociologist of religion, public administration, German, occident…Sociologist
Maximilian Carl Emil Weber (April 21, 1864 - June 14, 1920) was a German political economist and sociologist who is considered one of the founders...
Karl Heinrich Marx

Karl Heinrich Marx

male, deceased (1883) (london)
Communist Manifesto, philosophy, communist, revolutionary, philosopher, political philosopher…Sociologist
There are few economists who have become both so reviled, and admired as Marx. Indeed some would even question whether Marx deserves to be called...
Pierre Bourdieu

Pierre Bourdieu

male, deceased (2002)
symbolic violence, Literary theory, habitus, philosophy, field, Embodiment…Sociologist of science, Sociologist
Pierre Bourdieu was an acclaimed French sociologist whose work employed methods drawn from a wide range of disciplines: from philosophy and...
C. Wright Mills

C. Wright Mills

male, deceased (1962)
University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni, American, Sociologist, the power elite, Columbia University alumni, From Waco, Texas
Charles Wright Mills (August 27, 1916, Waco, Texas - March 20, 1962, Nyack, New York) was an American sociologist. Mills is best remembered for...
Michel Foucault

Michel Foucault

male, deceased (1984)
AIDS-related death, Sociologist, University of California, Berkeley faculty, University of California, Berkeley, Rhetoric theorist, structuralist
Michel Foucault (October 15, 1926 - June 25, 1984) was a French philosopher and historian. He held a chair at the Collège de France, giving it the t...
Anthony Giddens

Anthony Giddens

male, 71 years old
Sociologist, Labour Party politician, third way, Personal Life, social structure, societies
Anthony Giddens, Baron Giddens (born January 18, 1938) is a British sociologist who is renowned for his theory of structuration and his holistic...
Talcott Parsons

Talcott Parsons

male, deceased (1979)
Theories of Society, Department of Social Relations, Talcott Edgar Frederick Parsons, Harvard Department of Social Relations, N. Smelser, Economy and Society…Sociologist
Talcott Edgar Frederick Parsons was for many years the best-known sociologist in the United States, and indeed one of the best-known in the world....
Daniel Bell

Daniel Bell

male, 90 years old
Harvard University, New York Intellectuals, The New Leader, anti-Stalinist left, post-industrialism, The New York Intellectuals…Sociologist
Daniel Bell (born 10 May 1919 in New York) is a sociologist and professor emeritus at Harvard University. He graduated from City College of New...
Erving Goffman

Erving Goffman

male, deceased (1982)
Anti-psychiatry, Sociologist, existentialist, Canadian, University of Pennsylvania faculty, Non-fiction writer
Erving Goffman, was a sociologist and writer. The 73rd president of American Sociological Association, Goffman's greatest contribution to social...
Jürgen Habermas

Jürgen Habermas

male, 80 years old
philosopher, advanced capitalistic societies, From Dusseldorf, atheist, capitalism, University of Bonn alumni…Sociologist
Jürgen Habermas is a German philosopher and sociologist in the tradition of critical theory and American pragmatism. He is best known for his work o...