Biography:Gregor McLennan

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Short description: British sociologist
Gregor McLennan
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McLennan in 1991
Born (1952-10-21) 21 October 1952 (age 71)
EducationUniversity of Birmingham (PhD), Bristol University (BA)
Known forworks on postcolonial and postsecular social theory
Scientific career
Fieldssocial theory, ideology and politics, philosophy of social sciences
InstitutionsMassey University
Bristol University
Doctoral studentsSeyed Javad Miri

Gregor McLennan (born 21 October 1952) is a British sociologist and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. He holds the Established Chair of Sociology at the University of Bristol. From 1991 to 1997 he was Head of the Department of Sociology at Massey University.

McLennan is known for his works on postcolonialism and postsecularism.[1][2]

Books

  • Marxism and the Methodologies of History (1981)
  • Marxism, Pluralism and Beyond (1989)
  • Pluralism (1995)
  • Sociological Cultural Studies: Reflexivity and Positivity in the Human Sciences (2006)
  • Exploring Society (3rd edition 2010 - co-authored)
  • Story of Sociology (2011)

References

  1. McLennan, Gregor (September 2013). "GREGOR McLENNAN INTERVIEW – 24 MAY 2011" (in en). Cultural Studies 27 (5): 815–827. doi:10.1080/09502386.2013.773676. ISSN 0950-2386. 
  2. Mouzelis, Nicos (1996). "AFTER POSTMODERNISM: A REPLY TO GREGOR McLENNAN". Sociology 30 (1): 131–135. doi:10.1177/0038038596030001009. 

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