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Sociologists

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Ágnes HellerAuthor · BooksÁgnes Heller (12 May 1929 – 19 July 2019) was a Hungarian philosopher and lecturer.
Alan GarcíaAuthor · BooksAlan Gabriel Ludwig García PérezGarcía (lang; 23 May 1949 – 17 April 2019) was a Peruvian politician who served as President of Peru for two non-consecutive terms, from 1985 to 1990 and…
Albert SchäffleAuthor · BooksAlbert Eberhard Friedrich Schäffle (24 February 183125 December 1903) was a German sociologist, political economist, and newspaper editor.
Alexander BardAuthor · BooksAlexander Bengt Magnus Bard (born 17 March 1961) is a Swedish musician, author, lecturer, artist, songwriter, music producer, TV personality, religious and political activist, and one of…
Alexander BogdanovAuthor · BooksAlexander Aleksandrovich Bogdanov (– 7 April 1928), born Alexander Malinovsky, was a Russian and later Soviet physician, philosopher, science fiction writer, and Bolshevik revolutionary.
Alexander ZinovievAuthor · BooksAlexander Alexandrovich Zinoviev (Russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Зино́вьев; 29 October 1922 – 10 May 2006) was a Soviet philosopher, writer, sociologist and journalist.
Alfonsina StorniAuthor · BooksAlfonsina Carolina Storni (22 May 1892 – 25 October 1938) was a Swiss-Argentine poet and playwright of the modernist period.
Alfred GrosserAuthor · BooksAlfred Grosser (1 February 1925 – 7 February 2024) was a German-born French writer, sociologist and political scientist.
Ali ShariatiAuthor · BooksAli Shariati Mazinani (23November 193318June 1977) was an Iranian revolutionary and sociologist who specialised in the sociology of religion.
Alice MasarykováAuthor · BooksIllustration — Alice Masaryková
Alice MillerArtist · PaintingsAlice Miller was a French, Swiss and Polish psychologist, sociologist, painter, essayist, psychotherapist and writer (1923–2010). She was born in Lviv and died in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence.
Alva MyrdalAuthor · BooksAlva Myrdal (lang; née Reimer; 31 January 1902 – 1 February 1986) was a Swedish sociologist, diplomat and politician. She was a prominent leader of the disarmament movement.
András HajósPerson · Music memorabiliaAndrás Hajós (born 3 May 1969, Budapest) is a Hungarian sociologist, singer, songwriter, comedian. In 2009 he was awarded the Déri János Prize.
André GorzAuthor · BooksGérard Horst (lang; Gerhart Hirsch; 9 February 1923 – 22 September 2007), more commonly known by his pen names André Gorz (lang) and Michel Bosquet (lang), was an Austrian-French social…
Andre Gunder FrankAuthor · BooksAndré Gunder Frank, born Andreas Frank; (February 24, 1929 – April 23, 2005) was a German-American sociologist and economic historian who promoted dependency theory after 1970 and…
Ángel GanivetAuthor · BooksÁngel Ganivet García (13 December 1865 – 29 November 1898) was a Spanish writer and diplomat. He was considered a precursor to the Generation of '98.
Anna J. CooperAuthor · BooksAnna Julia Cooper (Haywood; August 10, 1858February 27, 1964) was an African American author, educator, and activist.
Anthony Giddens, Baron GiddensAuthor · BooksAnthony Giddens, Baron Giddens (born 18 January 1938) is an English sociologist who is known for his theory of structuration and his holistic view of modern societies.
Antonio GramsciAuthor · BooksAntonio Francesco Gramsci (22 January 1891 – 27 April 1937) was an Italian Marxist philosopher, journalist and politician.
Ashis NandyAuthor · BooksCreativity and Authenticity in Two Indian Scientists
Auguste ComteAuthor · BooksIsidore Auguste Marie François Xavier Comte (19 January 1798 – 5 September 1857) was a French philosopher and writer who formulated the doctrine of positivism.
B. R. AmbedkarArtist · PaintingsBhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956) was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer and politician who chaired the committee that drafted the Constitution of India…
Benedict FriedlaenderAuthor · BooksBenedict Friedlaender (8 July 1866 – 21 June 1908; first name occasionally spelled Benedikt) was a German Jewish sexologist, sociologist, economist, volcanologist, and physicist.
Benjamin H. BrattonDesigner · Modern designThe Revenge of the Real: Politics for a Post-Pandemic World (2021)
Benoy Kumar SarkarAuthor · BooksBenoy Kumar Sarkar (sometimes Binoy Kumar Sarkar) (December 26, 1887, Malda, British India – November 23, 1949, Washington D.C, United States) was an Indian social scientist, professor, and…
Betty FriedanAuthor · BooksBetty Friedan (February 4, 1921 – February 4, 2006) was an American feminist writer and activist.
Bhudev MukhopadhyayAuthor · BooksBhudev Mukhopadhyay (22 February 1827 – 15 May 1894) was a writer and intellectual in 19th century Bengal.
Boaventura de Sousa SantosAuthor · BooksBoaventura de Sousa Santos (born 15 November 1940) is a Portuguese sociologist, professor emeritus at the Department of Sociology of the School of Economics of the University of Coimbra…
Bruno LatourAuthor · BooksBruno Latour (22 June 1947 – 9 October 2022) was a French philosopher, anthropologist and sociologist.
Carola SternAuthor · BooksCarola Stern (14 November 1925 – 19 January 2006) was the name under which Erika Assmus reinvented herself as a serious journalist and (subsequently) author and politically committed…
Chang Ping-linAuthor · Books
Charles TaylorAuthor · BooksHe was born in Montreal.
Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-SimonAuthor · BooksClaude Henri de Rouvroy, Comte de Saint-Simon (17 October 1760 – 19 May 1825), better known as Henri de Saint-Simon (lang), was a French political, economic and socialist theorist and…
Daniel BellAuthor · BooksDaniel Bell (born Daniel Bolotsky) (May 10, 1919 – January 25, 2011) was an American sociologist, writer, editor, and professor at Harvard University, best known for his contributions to…
Daniel VidartAuthor · BooksDaniel Vidart (October 7, 1920 in Paysandú – May 14, 2019) was a Uruguayan anthropologist, writer, historian, and essayist.
Danilo DolciDesigner · DesignDanilo Dolci (28 June 1924 – 30 December 1997) was an Italian social activist, sociologist, popular educator and poet.
Dietrich von HildebrandAuthor · BooksDietrich Richard Alfred von Hildebrand (lang; 12 October 1889 – 26 January 1977) was a German Catholic philosopher and religious writer.
Edward Burnett TylorAuthor · Books
Elaine ShowalterAuthor · BooksElaine Showalter (born January 21, 1941) is an American literary critic, feminist, and writer on cultural and social issues.
Elisabeth Noelle-NeumannAuthor · BooksElisabeth Noelle-Neumann (19 December 1916 – 25 March 2010) was a German political scientist.
Emmanuel Joseph SieyèsAuthor · BooksEmmanuel Joseph Sieyès (3 May 174820 June 1836), usually known as the Abbé Sieyès (sjejɛs), was a French Catholic priest, abbé, and political writer who was a leading political theorist of…
Enrique Tierno GalvánAuthor · BooksEnrique Tierno Galván (8 February 1918 – 19 January 1986) was a Spanish politician, sociologist, lawyer and essayist, best known for being the Mayor of Madrid from 1979 to 1986, at the…
Euclides da CunhaAuthor · BooksEuclides da Cunha (January 20, 1866 – August 15, 1909) was a Brazilian journalist, sociologist and engineer.
Eugen KogonAuthor · BooksEugen Kogon (2 February 1903 – 24 December 1987) was a German historian and Nazi concentration camp survivor.
Eugen RelgisAuthor · BooksEugen D. Relgis (backward reading of Eisig D. Sigler; first name also Eugenio, Eugène or Eugene, last name also Siegler or Siegler Watchel;
Eugen Rosenstock-HuessyAuthor · BooksEugen Rosenstock-Huessy (July 6, 1888February 24, 1973) was a historian and social philosopher, whose work spanned the disciplines of history, theology, sociology, linguistics and beyond.
Ferdinand TönniesAuthor · BooksFerdinand Tönnies (German: [ˈtœniːs]; 26 July 1855 – 8 April 1936) was a German sociologist, economist, and philosopher.
Frances PerkinsAuthor · BooksFrances Perkins (born Fannie Coralie Perkins; April 10, 1880 – May 14, 1965) was an American workers-rights advocate who served as the fourth United States secretary of labor from 1933 to…
Francesco AlberoniAuthor · BooksFrancesco Alberoni (31 December 1929 – 14 August 2023) was an Italian journalist and a professor of sociology.
Francisco AyalaAuthor · BooksFrancisco Ayala was a Spanish writer, translator, novelist, sociologist, lawyer and literary critic (1906–2009). He was born in Granada and died in Madrid.
François de La Rochefoucauld, 7th Duke of La RochefoucauldAuthor · BooksFrançois Alexandre Frédéric de La Rochefoucauld, 7th Duke of La Rochefoucauld, 1st Duke of Liancourt, 2nd Duke of Estissac (fʁɑ̃swa alɛksɑ̃dʁ fʁedeʁik də la ʁɔʃfuko;
Franz OppenheimerAuthor · BooksFranz Oppenheimer (March 30, 1864 – September 30, 1943) was a German-American sociologist and political economist, who published also in the area of the fundamental sociology of the state.
Frederik van Zyl SlabbertAuthor · BooksFrederik van Zyl Slabbert GCOB (2 March 1940 – 14 May 2010) was a South African political analyst, businessman and politician.
Fredric JamesonAuthor · BooksFredric Ruff Jameson (April 14, 1934 – September 22, 2024) was an American literary critic, philosopher and Marxist political theorist.
Friedrich Albert LangeAuthor · BooksFriedrich Albert Lange (lang; 28 September 1828 – 21 November 1875) was a German philosopher and sociologist.
Gabriele KubyAuthor · BooksGabriele Kuby (born 1944) is a German writer and sociologist. She is a convert from Protestantism to Roman Catholicism, and is noted for her Traditionalist Catholic ideas and orthodox…
Gail DinesAuthor · BooksGail Dines (born 29 July 1958) is professor emerita of sociology and women's studies at Wheelock College in Boston, Massachusetts.
Gene SharpAuthor · BooksGene Sharp (January 21, 1928 – January 28, 2018) was an American political scientist.
Georges PalanteAuthor · BooksGeorges Toussaint Léon Palante (20 November 1862 – 5 August 1925) was a French philosopher and sociologist.
Georges SorelAuthor · BooksGeorges Eugène Sorel (lang; 2 November 1847 – 29 August 1922) was a French social thinker, political theorist, historian, and later journalist.
Gilberto FreyreAuthor · BooksGilberto de Mello Freyre (March 15, 1900 – July 18, 1987) was a Brazilian sociologist, anthropologist, historian, writer, painter, journalist and congressman born in Recife.
Gilles LipovetskyAuthor · BooksGilles Lipovetsky (born 24 September 1944) is a French philosopher, writer, and sociologist.
Giovanni SartoriAuthor · BooksGiovanni Sartori (13 May 1924 – 4 April 2017) was an Italian political scientist who specialized in the study of democracy, political parties, and comparative politics.
György KonrádAuthor · BooksGyörgy (George) Konrád (2 April 1933 – 13 September 2019) was a Hungarian novelist, pundit, essayist and sociologist known as an advocate of individual freedom.
H. G. WellsAuthor · BooksHerbert George Wells (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946) was an English writer, prolific in many genres. He wrote more than forty novels and dozens of short stories.
Hannah ArendtAuthor · BooksHannah Arendt (born Johanna Arendt; 14 October 19064 December 1975) was a German and American historian and philosopher.
Harriet MartineauAuthor · BooksHarriet Martineau (12 June 1802 – 27 June 1876) was an English social theorist.[2] She wrote from a sociological, holistic, religious and feminine angle, translated works by Auguste Comte,…
Henry Home, Lord KamesAuthor · BooksHenry Home, Lord Kames (1696–27 December 1782) was a Scottish writer, philosopher and judge who played a major role in Scotland's Agricultural Revolution.
Herbert SpencerAuthor · BooksHerbert Spencer (27 April 1820 – 8 December 1903) was an English polymath active as a philosopher, psychologist, biologist, sociologist, and anthropologist.
Hilde SchrammAuthor · BooksHilde Schramm (Speer; born 17 April 1936) is a German politician for Alliance 90/The Greens.
Hilmi Ziya ÜlkenAuthor · BooksHilmi Ziya Ülken (1901–1974) was a Turkish scholar and writer who had an influential role in the development of sociological and philosophical views in Turkey.
Ibn KhaldunAuthor · BooksIbn Khaldūn (27 May 1332 – 17 March 1406, 732–808 AH) was an Arab scholar, historian, philosopher, and sociologist.
İbrahim Hakkı ErzurumiAuthor · BooksIbrahim Hakki Erzurumi (18 May 1703 – 22 June 1780), a popular Turkish Sufi saint of the Ottoman Empire from Erzurum in eastern Anatolia who was a polymath, mystic, poet, author,…
İbrahim MüteferrikaAuthor · BooksIbrahim Muteferrika (İbrahim Müteferrika; 1674–1745 CE) was a Hungarian-born Ottoman diplomat, publisher, economist, historian, Islamic theologian, sociologist, and the first Muslim to run…
Ida B. WellsAuthor · BooksIda Bell Wells-Barnett (July 16, 1862 – March 25, 1931) was an American investigative journalist, sociologist, educator, and early leader in the civil rights movement.
Immanuel WallersteinAuthor · BooksImmanuel Maurice Wallerstein (also; September 28, 1930 – August 31, 2019) was an American sociologist and economic historian.
Isaac DeutscherAuthor · BooksIsaac Deutscher (Izaak Deutscher; 3 April 1907 – 19 August 1967) was a Polish Marxist writer, journalist and political activist who moved to the United Kingdom before the outbreak of World…
Jalal Al-e-AhmadAuthor · BooksSeyyed Jalāl Āl-e-Ahmad (2 December 19239 September 1969) was a prominent Iranian novelist, short-story writer, translator, philosopher, socio-political critic, sociologist, as well as an…
James RedfieldAuthor · BooksJames Redfield (born March 19, 1950) is an American writer, lecturer, screenwriter, and film producer. He is notable for his 1993 novel The Celestine Prophecy.
James Samuel ColemanAuthor · BooksJames Samuel Coleman (May 12, 1926 – March 25, 1995) was an American sociologist, theorist, and empirical researcher, based chiefly at the University of Chicago.[1][2]
Jane JacobsAuthor · BooksJane Isabel Jacobs (Butzner; 4 May 1916 – 25 April 2006) was an American-Canadian journalist, author, theorist, and activist who influenced urban studies, sociology, and economics.
Jean FourastiéAuthor · BooksJean Fourastié (15 April 190725 July 1990) was a French civil servant, economist, professor and public intellectual.
Jean ZieglerAuthor · BooksJean Ziegler (born Hans Ziegler; 19 April 1934 – 10 June 2026) was a Swiss academic, advisor and sociologist who was professor of sociology at the University of Geneva, the Graduate…
Jean-François LyotardAuthor · BooksJean-François Lyotard (lang; 10 August 1924 – 21 April 1998)[5] was a French philosopher, sociologist, and literary theorist.
Jerzy KosińskiAuthor · BooksJerzy Kosiński (born Józef Nikodem Lewinkopf; June 14, 1933May 3, 1991) was a Polish-born American writer and two-time president of the American chapter of PEN, who wrote primarily in…
Johan GaltungAuthor · BooksIllustration — Galtung in discussion with Amy Goodman, 2012
Johann Jakob BachofenAuthor · BooksJohann Jakob Bachofen (22 December 1815 – 25 November 1887) was a Swiss antiquarian, jurist, philologist, anthropologist, and professor of Roman law at the University of Basel from 1841 to…
John BascomAuthor · BooksJohn Bascom (May 1, 1827October 2, 1911) was an American professor, college president and writer.
John DeweyAuthor · BooksJohn Dewey (October 20, 1859 – June 1, 1952) was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer.
John RuskinDesigner · DesignJohn Ruskin (8 February 1819 20 January 1900) was an English polymath a writer, lecturer, art historian, art critic, draughtsman and philanthropist of the Victorian era.
José Ortega y GassetAuthor · BooksJosé Ortega (disambiguation)José Ortega
Juan VilloroAuthor · BooksJuan Antonio Villoro Ruiz (born 24 September 1956, in Mexico City) is a Mexican writer and journalist and the son of philosopher Luis Villoro.
Judy S. GellesPhotographer · PhotographyJudy S. Gelles (July 31, 1944 – March 14, 2020) was a multimedia American artist who explored the interplaybetween art, sociology, and psychology using image and text.
Judy SingerArtist · PaintingsJudy Singer is an Australian sociologist who popularized the term "neurodiversity".
Julián MaríasAuthor · Books
Jutta DitfurthAuthor · BooksJutta Gerta Armgard von Ditfurth (born 29 September 1951) is a German sociologist, writer, and radical ecologist politician.
Karl MarxAuthor · BooksKarl Marx (lang; 5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, social and political theorist, and revolutionary socialist.
Karl PopperAuthor · BooksSir Karl Raimund Popper (28 July 1902 – 17 September 1994) was an Austrian–British philosopher, academic and social commentator.
Kenneth BurkeAuthor · BooksKenneth Duva Burke (May 5, 1897 – November 19, 1993) was an American literary theorist, poet, essayist, and novelist, who wrote on 20th-century philosophy, aesthetics, criticism, and…
Lester Frank WardAuthor · BooksLester Frank Ward (June 18, 1841 – April 18, 1913) was an American botanist, paleontologist, and sociologist. The first president of the American Sociological Association, James Q.
Lewis H. MorganAuthor · BooksLewis Henry Morgan (November 21, 1818 – December 17, 1881) was an American anthropologist and social theorist, who worked as a railroad lawyer.
Lewis HinePhotographer · PhotographyLewis Wickes Hine (September 26, 1874 – November 3, 1940) was an American sociologist and muckraker photographer.
Livio MaitanAuthor · BooksLivio Maitan (April 1, 1923 – September 16, 2004) was an Italian Trotskyist, a leader of Associazione Bandiera Rossa and of the Fourth International. He was born in Venice and died in Rome.
Lucien Lévy-BruhlAuthor · BooksLucien Lévy-Bruhl (10 April 1857 – 13 March 1939) was a French scholar trained in philosophy who furthered anthropology with his contributions to the budding fields of sociology and…
Luís Cristóvão dos SantosAuthor · BooksLuíz Cristóvão dos Santos was born in Pesqueira, Brazil on 25 December 1916. He was a sociologist, anthropologist, folklorist, columnist, writer, advocate, and journalist.
Marianne WeberAuthor · BooksMarianne Weber (born Marianne Schnitger; 2 August 1870 – 12 March 1954) was a German sociologist, women's rights activist, and the wife of Max Weber.
Mary Parker FollettAuthor · BooksMary Parker Follett (3 September 1868 – 18 December 1933) was an American social thinker, management consultant, social worker, political scientist, philosopher and pioneer in the fields of…
Max NordauAuthor · BooksMax Simon Nordau (born Simon Maximilian Südfeld; 29 July 1849 – 23 January 1923) was a Jewish Zionist leader, physician, author, and social critic.[1] He was a co-founder of the Zionist…
Michel AflaqAuthor · BooksMichel Aflaq (Mīšīl ʿAflaq&lrm, miˈʃel ˈʕaflaq; 9 January 1910 – 23 June 1989) was a Syrian philosopher, sociologist and Arab nationalist.
Michel QuoistAuthor · BooksMichel Quoist (French: [miʃɛl kwa]; 18 June 1921 – 18 December 1997) was a French Catholic priest, theologian and writer.
Michel WieviorkaAuthor · BooksMichel Wieviorka (born 23 August 1946) is a French sociologist, noted for his work on violence, terrorism, racism, social movements and the theory of social change.
Michelle ObamaAuthor · BooksMichelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (Robinson; born January 17, 1964) is an American attorney and author who served as First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017 as the wife of Barack…
Miquel-Lluís MuntanéAuthor · BooksMiquel-Lluís Muntané i Sicart (born 1956 in Barcelona) is a Spanish sociologist and Catalan language writer. He has worked in teaching, advertising, publishing and as an Arts Administrator.
Nasser FakouhiAuthor · BooksNasser Fakouhi (born 13 May 1956 in Tehran) is an Iranian anthropologist, writer and translator.
Neil PostmanAuthor · BooksNeil Postman (March 8, 1931 – October 5, 2003) was an American author, educator, media theorist, and cultural critic who eschewed digital technology, including personal computers and mobile…
Nitasha KaulAuthor · BooksNitasha Kaul is a British academic, writer and poet based in London. In addition to fiction, she writes and speaks about topics that cover the political economy, Bhutan, Kashmir,…
Norbert EliasAuthor · BooksNorbert Elias (lang; 22 June 1897 – 1 August 1990) was a German sociologist who later became a British citizen. He is especially famous for his theory of civilizing/decivilizing processes.
Norman BirnbaumAuthor · BooksNorman Birnbaum (July 21, 1926 – January 4, 2019) was an American sociologist. He was an emeritus professor at the Georgetown University Law Center, and a member of the editorial board of…
Ofelia HooperAuthor · BooksOfelia Hooper Polo (13 November 1900, in Las Minas, Panama – 23 September 1981) was a Panamanian sociologist, poet, professor, researcher, and civil rights activist.[1][2]
Panagiotis KanellopoulosAuthor · BooksPanagiotis Kanellopoulos or Panayotis Kanellopoulos (13 December 1902 – 11 September 1986) was a Greek writer, politician and Prime Minister of Greece.

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