Anthony Giddens

Anthony Giddens

male, 71 years old
Anthony Giddens, Baron Giddens (born January 18, 1938) is a British sociologist who is renowned for his theory of structuration and his holistic...
Zygmunt Bauman

Zygmunt Bauman

male, 84 years old
Zygmunt Bauman is a Polish-born sociologist who, since 1971, has resided in England after being driven there by an anti-Semitic purge organized by...
D. H. Lawrence

D. H. Lawrence

male, deceased (1930)
David Herbert Richards Lawrence (11 September, 1885 - 2 March, 1930) was a very important and controversial English writer of the 20th century,...
Arjun Appadurai

Arjun Appadurai

male
Arjun Appadurai is a contemporary social-cultural anthropologist focusing on modernity and globalization. Appadurai was born in Bombay, India in...
Lionel Trilling

Lionel Trilling

male, deceased (1975)
Lionel Trilling (July 4, 1905 - November 5, 1975) was an American literary critic, author, and teacher. Trilling was one of the group known as "The...

Henry C.K. Liu

male
Henry C.K. Liu is an independent commentator on culture, economics and politics. He was born in Hong Kong and educated at Harvard University in...

Christian Smith

male, 49 years old
Christian Smith, a sociologist of religion and culture, is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for the...

John Hartley

male, 61 years old
John Hartley (born 1948) is an ARC Federation Fellow and Professor of Cultural Studies at the Queensland University of Technology, where he is...
Moishe Postone

Moishe Postone

male
Moishe Postone is a professor of History at the University of Chicago. He received his Ph.D. from Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University in 1983. His...
Roberto Calasso

Roberto Calasso

male, 68 years old
Roberto Calasso (born 1941, Florence) is an Italian publisher and author. His books have from 1990 been translated into most European languages. He...