Thomas Bottomore
Encyclopedia
Thomas Burton Bottomore (8 April 1920 England
– 9 December 1992 Sussex
, England
), usually known as Tom Bottomore, was a British Marxist sociologist.
Bottomore was Secretary of the International Sociological Association
from 1953 to 1959. He was a prolific editor and translator of Marxist works, notably his collections published in 1963: Marx's Early Writings and Selected Writings in Sociology and Social Philosophy.
He was Reader in Sociology at the London School of Economics
from 1952 to 1964. He was head of the Department of Political Science, Sociology and Anthropology at Simon Fraser University
, Vancouver
from 1965 to 1967, leaving after a dispute over academic freedom. He was Professor of Sociology at the University of Sussex
from 1968 to 1985.
Bottomore has edited and contributed to numerous journals of sociology and political science, and edited A Dictionary of Marxist Thought in 1983 and co-edited (with William Outhwaite) The Blackwell Dictionary of Twentieth century Social Thought published posthumously in 1993.
Bottomore was a member of the British Labour Party.
England
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– 9 December 1992 Sussex
Sussex
Sussex , from the Old English Sūþsēaxe , is an historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. It is bounded on the north by Surrey, east by Kent, south by the English Channel, and west by Hampshire, and is divided for local government into West...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
), usually known as Tom Bottomore, was a British Marxist sociologist.
Bottomore was Secretary of the International Sociological Association
International Sociological Association
International Sociological Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to scientific purposes in the field of sociology and social sciences...
from 1953 to 1959. He was a prolific editor and translator of Marxist works, notably his collections published in 1963: Marx's Early Writings and Selected Writings in Sociology and Social Philosophy.
He was Reader in Sociology at 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...
from 1952 to 1964. He was head of the Department of Political Science, Sociology and Anthropology at Simon Fraser University
Simon Fraser University
Simon Fraser University is a Canadian public research university in British Columbia with its main campus on Burnaby Mountain in Burnaby, and satellite campuses in Vancouver and Surrey. The main campus in Burnaby, located from downtown Vancouver, was established in 1965 and has more than 34,000...
, Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
from 1965 to 1967, leaving after a dispute over academic freedom. He was Professor of Sociology at the University of Sussex
University of Sussex
The University of Sussex is an English public research university situated next to the East Sussex village of Falmer, within the city of Brighton and Hove. The University received its Royal Charter in August 1961....
from 1968 to 1985.
Bottomore has edited and contributed to numerous journals of sociology and political science, and edited A Dictionary of Marxist Thought in 1983 and co-edited (with William Outhwaite) The Blackwell Dictionary of Twentieth century Social Thought published posthumously in 1993.
Bottomore was a member of the British Labour Party.
Works
- Classes in Modern Society (London: Ampersand, 1955; London: George Allen & Unwin, 1965)
- Marx: Selected Writings in Sociology & Social Philosophy (London: Watts, 1956; Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1963) editor with Maximilien RubelMaximilien RubelMaximilien Rubel was a famous Marxist historian. He was educated in law and philosophy in Vienna and Chernivtsi before moving to France to take German studies at the Sorbonne, from which he received his Licence-dès-lettres in 1934...
- Sociology: A Guide to Problems & Literature (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1962)
- Early Writings of Karl Marx (London: Watts, 1963) editor and translator
- Elites and Society (London: Watts, 1964; Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1966; Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1967; New York: Penguin, 1970 )
- Critics of Society: Radical Thought in North America (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1967)
- Karl Marx (1969)
- Karl Marx (1973) editor
- Sociology as Social Criticism (1975)
- Marxist Sociology (1975)
- A History of Sociological Analysis (1979) editor with Robert NisbetRobert NisbetRobert Alexander Nisbet was an American sociologist, professor at the University of California, Berkeley, Vice-Chancellor at the University of California, Riverside and as the Albert Schweitzer Professor at Columbia University.-Life:Nisbet was born in Los Angeles in 1913 and raised in the small...
- Modern Interpretations of Marx (1981) editor, ISBN 0-631-18040-0
- Georg Simmel - The Philosophy of Money (1982) translator with David Frisby
- A Dictionary of Marxist Thought (1983) editor
- Sociology and Socialism (1984)
- Theories of Modern Capitalism (1985)
- Interpretations of Marx (1988) editor
- The Capitalist Class: An International Study (1989) with Robert J. Brym
- The Socialist Economy-Theory and Practice (1990)
- Between Marginalism and Marxism: The Economic Sociology of J A Schumpeter (1992)
Archives
- Catalogue of the Bottomore papers at the Archives Division of the London School of EconomicsLondon School of EconomicsThe 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...
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