In this final episode of series 1 (we will be back next year) of the Social Theory Podcast I spoke to Morteza Hashemi about the great Arabic scholar Ibn Khaldun.See the end of this post for links to the episode.Khaldun was around in the 14th

Social Theory Podcast Episode 5: George Herbert Mead feat. Darren Nixon

Oct 30th, 2020 45m 30s

The focus of this episode is George Herbert Mead who has had a tremendous impact on sociology, psychology and philosophy.See the end of this post for links to the episode.I talk to Darren Nixon about Mead’s most famous contribution; his conc

Social Theory Podcast Episode 4: Ferdinand Tönnies feat. Hinnerk Freytag

Oct 23rd, 2020 45m 57s

In this episode I spoke with Hinnerk Freytag who is a PhD student at the European University Flensburg about the sociologist Ferdinand Tönnies.Tönnies is best known for the concepts Gemeinschaft and Gesselschaft which refer to two different k

Social Theory Podcast Episode 3: Harriet Martineau feat. Natalia Gerodetti

Oct 16th, 2020 55m

This episode features a chat with Dr Natalia Gerodetti about the early and pioneering sociologist Harriet Martineau.Natalia makes the case for Martineau as the “mother of sociology”. We discuss some of her fascinating biography and her indepen

Social Theory Podcast Episode 2: WEB Du Bois feat Lisa Long

Oct 9th, 2020 43m 58s

For episode 2 of the Social Theory Podcast I spoke to Dr Lisa Long about the monumentally important sociologist and activist WEB Du Bois. We had a really good chat about his work and its importance for sociology but it was also interesting to h

Social Theory Podcast Episode 1: Karl Marx feat. Tom Houseman & Joseph Ibrahim

Sep 30th, 2020 53m 48s

This first episode of social theory podcast discusses the work of one of the greatest thinkers of all time in any field, Karl Marx. The guests are Tom Houseman and Joseph Ibrahim both of Leeds Beckett University in the UK. Probably the best an

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