Jeremy Stangroom
Encyclopedia
Jeremy Stangroom is a British writer, editor, and website designer. He is an editor and co-founder, with Julian Baggini
, of The Philosophers’ Magazine
, and has written and edited several philosophy
books. He is also co-founder, with Ophelia Benson
of the website 'Butterflies and Wheels'.
Stangroom was awarded a B.Sc. in sociology
in 1985 from Southampton University, an M.Sc in sociology in 1987 from the London School of Economics
(LSE), and a Ph.D. in 1996, also from the LSE, for a thesis entitled "Political mobilisation and the question of subjectivity".
Julian Baggini
Julian Baggini is the author of several books about philosophy written for a general audience. He is the author of The Pig that Wants to be Eaten and 99 other thought experiments and is co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Philosophers' Magazine...
, of The Philosophers’ Magazine
The Philosophers’ Magazine
The Philosophers' Magazine , an independent quarterly magazine founded in 1997, aims to provide a venue for philosophy in an accessible and entertaining format. The magazine includes news, essays, reviews, features and regular columnists. The writer and journalist Julian Baggini edits TPM, while...
, and has written and edited several philosophy
Philosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
books. He is also co-founder, with Ophelia Benson
Ophelia Benson
Ophelia Benson is co-author of The Dictionary of Fashionable Nonsense: A Guide for Edgy People, Why Truth Matters , and Does God Hate Women?....
of the website 'Butterflies and Wheels'.
Stangroom was awarded a B.Sc. in sociology
Sociology
Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...
in 1985 from Southampton University, an M.Sc in sociology in 1987 from the London School of Economics
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
(LSE), and a Ph.D. in 1996, also from the LSE, for a thesis entitled "Political mobilisation and the question of subjectivity".
Books by Stangroom
- Identity Crisis: Against Multiculturalism - Continuum Publishing, 2008 ISBN 978-0826492555
- Do You Think What You Think You Think? - Granta, 2006 (co-written with Baggini, J.Julian BagginiJulian Baggini is the author of several books about philosophy written for a general audience. He is the author of The Pig that Wants to be Eaten and 99 other thought experiments and is co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Philosophers' Magazine...
) ISBN 978-1862079168 - The Little Book of Big Ideas: Philosophy - A & C Black, 2006 ISBN 978-0713674958
- Why Truth MattersWhy Truth MattersWhy Truth Matters is a book by Ophelia Benson and Jeremy Stangroom published by Continuum Books in 2006.According to the cover, it is "an argument for the importance of truth, along with related values and practices of reason, inquiry, evidence, testing, peer review, and the like, and against...
- Continuum, 2006 (co-written with Benson, O.) ISBN 978-0826476081 - Great Philosophers - Arcturus, 2005 (co-written with Garvey. J.)
- What Scientists Think - Routledge, 2005.
- The Dictionary of Fashionable Nonsense: A Guide for Edgy PeopleThe Dictionary of Fashionable Nonsense: A Guide for Edgy PeopleThe Dictionary of Fashionable Nonsense: A Guide for Edgy People is a book by Ophelia Benson and Jeremy Stangroom.The book is a satire on post-modernism, modern jargon and anti rationalist thinking in contemporary academia...
- Souvenir Press, 2004 (co-written with Benson, O.) - Great Thinkers A-Z - Continuum, 2004 (co-written with Baggini, J. (eds.))
- What Philosophers Think - Continuum, 2003 (co-written with Baggini, J. (eds.)) ISBN 978-0826467546
- New British Philosophy: The interviews - Routledge, 2002 (co-written with Baggini, J. (eds.))