Göran Therborn

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Göran Therborn

Göran Therborn (born September 23, 1941 in Kalmar , Sweden ) is a Swedish sociologist and since 2006 professor of sociology at the University of Cambridge .

He studied sociology , political science and economics at Lund University (Sweden). After his habilitation, he taught from 1974 to 1981 as a lecturer ( associate professor ) for sociology at the University of Lund, then as a professor for political science at the University of Nijmegen (Netherlands). From 1987 to 2003 he was Professor of Sociology at the University of Gothenburg and from 2003 until his move to Cambridge Professor of Sociology at the University of Uppsala .

Therborn was visiting professor in numerous countries in Western and Eastern Europe, in the Americas as well as in Asia and Australia. He is one of the internationally known social theorists and sociologists of Scandinavia.

Fonts (selection)

  • A Critique of the Frankfurt School . In: New Left Review , No. 63 (September-October 1970), pp. 65-96.
  • Science, Class and Society (1976)
  • What Does the Ruling Class Do When It Rules (1978)
  • The Ideology of Power and the Power of Ideology (1980)
  • together with Christine Buci-Glucksmann : The Social Democratic State. The Keynesianization of Society (1982)
  • Why Some Peoples are More Unemployed Than Others (1986)
  • European Modernity and Beyond (1995)
  • European societies 1945-2000 (2000)
  • Between Sex and Power: Family in the World 1900-2000 (2004)
  • Asia and Europe in Globalization (2005)
  • Inequalities of the World (2006)
  • From Marxism to Post-Marxism (2009)
  • The World - A Beginner's Guide (2010)
  • The Killing Fields of Inequality (2013)
  • The Urban, The National, The Popular, The Global (2017)

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personal data
SURNAME Therborn, Göran
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish sociologist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH September 23, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Kalmar , Sweden